Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Abbeville you can estimate when it's the best time to plant monkey flower by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

Frost tolerance for monkey flower:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Monkey Flower are not cold tolerant which means that you need to wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in Abbeville is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant monkey flower and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your monkey flower indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Abbeville. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Abbeville is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Abbeville you get a frost after March 15 so always be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Abbeville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

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