When to Plant Verbena in Hinsdale, IL

One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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 use the USDA zone info for Hinsdale.


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 other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant verbena in Hinsdale 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your verbena may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your verbena indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Hinsdale. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Hinsdale is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Hinsdale you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your verbena in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hinsdale

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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