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 USDA zone info for North Las Vegas can be looked at to estimate when it's a good idea to plant datura.

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.

You can plant datura just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant datura in North Las Vegas 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 datura and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your datura may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your datura indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in North Las Vegas. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for North Las Vegas is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in North Las Vegas you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your datura if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for North Las Vegas

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.

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