When to Plant Chervil in Glen Ellyn, IL

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when you can plant chervil in Glen Ellyn by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Chervil

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

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

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

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Glen Ellyn. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Glen Ellyn is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Glen Ellyn last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your chervil in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Glen Ellyn

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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