One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of determining when you can plant cleome is to examine the USDA zone info for Clute.

Planting Calendar for Cleome

Frost tolerance for cleome:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's probably not a good idea to plant cleome until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant cleome in Clute is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant cleome and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your cleome may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your cleome indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Clute. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Clute is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Clute last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to protect your cleome if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Clute

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Clute

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Clute.