When to Plant Arctotis in Wheaton, IL

One of the first steps you take when you are estimating your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when to plant arctotis in Wheaton by referring to the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Arctotis

Frost tolerance for arctotis: Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant: Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant arctotis a little earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant arctotis in Wheaton 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 arctotis and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your arctotis may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your arctotis indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Wheaton. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Wheaton is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Wheaton last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your arctotis if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Wheaton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

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