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 determining when to plant black eyed susans is to examine the USDA zone info for Hoopeston.

Planting Calendar for Black Eyed Susans

Frost tolerance for black eyed susans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Black Eyed Susans do not do well in cold weather which means that you really should wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant black eyed susans in Hoopeston 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 black eyed susans and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your black eyed susans may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your black eyed susans indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Hoopeston is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Hoopeston you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your black eyed susans if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Hoopeston

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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