When to Plant Saxifraga in Fox River Grove, IL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

In Fox River Grove you can determine when it's possible to plant saxifraga by referring to the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Saxifraga

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

You can plant saxifraga just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant saxifraga in Fox River Grove 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 saxifraga and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your saxifraga may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your saxifraga indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Fox River Grove. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Fox River Grove is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Fox River Grove you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your saxifraga in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fox River Grove

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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