When to Plant Scutellaria in Palos Park, IL

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when to plant scutellaria in Palos Park by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Scutellaria

Frost tolerance for scutellaria: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since scutellaria require warm weather you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

The earliest that you can plant scutellaria in Palos Park 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 scutellaria and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your scutellaria may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your scutellaria indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Palos Park is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Palos Park it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your scutellaria in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Palos Park

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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