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.

The earliest that you can plant chocolate daisy in Cicero should be estimated by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Chocolate Daisy

Frost tolerance for chocolate daisy:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant chocolate daisy just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant chocolate daisy in Cicero 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 chocolate daisy and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your chocolate daisy may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your chocolate daisy indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Cicero. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Cicero is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Cicero it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your chocolate daisy if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cicero

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.

Plants to Grow in Cicero

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