The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening 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 determining when it's the best time to plant angelonia is to look at the USDA zone info for North Chicago.

Planting Calendar for Angelonia

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

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

The earliest that you can plant angelonia in North Chicago 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 angelonia and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your angelonia may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your angelonia indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in North Chicago. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for North Chicago is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in North Chicago you get a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your angelonia if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for North Chicago

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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