One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

In New Roads you can estimate when to plant angelonia by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Angelonia

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

You can plant angelonia a bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant angelonia in New Roads is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant angelonia and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your angelonia may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your angelonia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in New Roads. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for New Roads may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in New Roads you get a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your angelonia in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for New Roads

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in New Roads

You may be interested in your other planting guides for New Roads.