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.

The first opportunity to plant angel's trumpets in Newport can be figured out by checking out 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.

Angel's Trumpets do ok in moderate cold which means that you can start planting them slightly earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant angel's trumpets in Newport 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 really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your angel's trumpets indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Newport. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Newport may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Newport it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to protect your angel's trumpets in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Newport

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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