Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of getting a good idea when to plant abutilon is to refer to the USDA zone info for Mokena.

Planting Calendar for Abutilon

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

You can not plant abutilon until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Mokena is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Mokena last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to protect your abutilon if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mokena

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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