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

One way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant datura is to look at the USDA zone info for West Plains.

Planting Calendar for Datura

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

Datura do ok in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant datura in West Plains 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 datura and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your datura may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your datura indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in West Plains. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for West Plains may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in West Plains you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your datura in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for West Plains

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

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

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

Plants to Grow in West Plains

You may be interested in your other planting guides for West Plains.