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

A common way of making a decision about when it's a good idea to plant monkey flower is to examine the USDA zone info for New Braunfels.

Planting Calendar for Monkey Flower

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

You should not plant monkey flower until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant monkey flower in New Braunfels 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. If you wait any later than that and your monkey flower may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your monkey flower indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for New Braunfels may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in New Braunfels it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your monkey flower if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Braunfels

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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