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When to Plant Calliopsis in Elk Grove Village, IL

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.

A way of figuring out when it's possible to plant calliopsis is to examine the USDA zone info for Elk Grove Village.


Planting Calendar for Calliopsis

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

It's not a good idea to plant calliopsis until after the last frost has passed because they require warm weather.

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

The earliest that you can plant calliopsis in Elk Grove Village 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 calliopsis and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your calliopsis may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your calliopsis indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Elk Grove Village may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Elk Grove Village you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your calliopsis if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Elk Grove Village

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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