When to Plant Chrysanthemum in Blue Island, IL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's a good idea to plant chrysanthemum in Blue Island by using the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Chrysanthemum

Frost tolerance for chrysanthemum: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant chrysanthemum until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

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A good time to plant chrysanthemum
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant chrysanthemum
Probably not a good time to plant chrysanthemum

The earliest that you can plant chrysanthemum in Blue Island is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant chrysanthemum and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chrysanthemum may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your chrysanthemum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Blue Island. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Blue Island 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 Blue Island it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your chrysanthemum if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Blue Island

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-10°F
Highest Expected Low-5°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 -5°F.

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