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

The USDA zone info for Poolesville should be reviewed to estimate when it's the best time to plant angel's trumpets.

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 Poolesville 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. Any later than that and your angel's trumpets may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your angel's trumpets indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Poolesville. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Poolesville is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Poolesville it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your angel's trumpets in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Poolesville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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