One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of figuring out when to plant angel's trumpets is to check out the USDA zone info for Albany.

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.

Since angel's trumpets do ok in moderate cold you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant angel's trumpets in Albany 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your angel's trumpets may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your angel's trumpets indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Albany. You can expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Albany is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Albany there is a last frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your angel's trumpets if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Albany

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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