One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of determining when it's a good idea to plant datura is to look at the USDA zone info for Temple.

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 can survive in a tiny bit of cold which means that you can plant them just a tiny bit earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant datura in Temple 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. Any later than that and your datura may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your datura indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Temple. You can expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Temple is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Temple there is a last frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your datura in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Temple

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Temple

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Temple.