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.

The USDA zone info for Chillicothe can be reffered to in order to figure out when you can plant oleander.

Planting Calendar for Oleander

Frost tolerance for oleander:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Oleander are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Chillicothe is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Chillicothe you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your oleander if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Chillicothe

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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