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.

In Port Orchard you can determine when it's the best time to plant jasmine by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Jasmine

Frost tolerance for jasmine:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You can not plant jasmine until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant jasmine in Port Orchard 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 jasmine and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your jasmine may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your jasmine indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Port Orchard. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Port Orchard may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Port Orchard there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to protect your jasmine in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Port Orchard

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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