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.

One way of figuring out when you can plant verbena is to refer to the USDA zone info for Fox River Grove.

Planting Calendar for Verbena

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

Since verbena do ok in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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

Last Frost Date

In Fox River Grove the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Fox River Grove is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Fox River Grove you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your verbena in the event of a surprise late frost.

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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