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

In Selma you can determine when it's a good idea to plant angel's trumpets by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Angel's Trumpets

Frost tolerance for angel's trumpets:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant angel's trumpets slightly earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant angel's trumpets in Selma 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 angel's trumpets and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your angel's trumpets may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your angel's trumpets indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Selma is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Selma it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your angel's trumpets in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Selma

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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