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 Mansfield should be used to determine when you can 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.

Angel's Trumpets do ok in moderate cold which tells us that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant angel's trumpets in Mansfield 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 fully mature. Starting your angel's trumpets indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Mansfield. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Mansfield is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Mansfield you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so always be ready to protect your angel's trumpets in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mansfield

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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