Monstera is a zone 10 plant. New Orleans is probably 9b but there are secluded areas in people's courtyards that might mimic zone 10. I personally have never seen it growing there but that doesn't mean it can't be. It just would require the perfect location. Venice, LA at the mouth of the river and Grand Isle, LA on the gulf both have zone 10 plants growing in situ there. Every decade or so, a real nasty arctic blast wipes out a lot of tropical in New Orleans. It would be worth a try. I grow mine in a pot and it's up against a south facing wall under an oak tree canopy and I never protected it one time last winter, but it was a very mild winter. Only once or twice below freezing and never below 30.

Steve

Thanks Steve! Any garden center/plant nursery recommendations in the Nola area? I have been to Harold's, Aquatic Gardens and The Plant Gallery before.

Try Banting's on West Bank. I bet they have one.

I have one growing in my yard that has been there for years. Doesn't seem to mind the cool weather, but we really haven't had any severe freezes in New Orleans in a while as Steve mentioned. Each year when there is a threat of a hard freeze, I simply take cuttings from the more fragile plants that I really care about just in case. Monstera would definitely do well from a cutting.

I saw a massive yellow variegated monstera growing along the front porch of a house in the Carrolton area the other day. Wanted to stop and ask for a cutting lol.