The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to figure out when to plant flowering tobacco by using the USDA zone info for East Peoria.

Planting Calendar for Flowering Tobacco

Frost tolerance for flowering tobacco:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

You can not plant flowering tobacco until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant flowering tobacco in East Peoria 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 flowering tobacco and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your flowering tobacco may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your flowering tobacco indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in East Peoria. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for East Peoria is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in East Peoria you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your flowering tobacco if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for East Peoria

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.

Plants to Grow in East Peoria

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