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.

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Schaumburg can be figured out by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scaevola

Frost tolerance for scaevola:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's not a good idea to plant scaevola until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant scaevola in Schaumburg 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 scaevola and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your scaevola may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your scaevola indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Schaumburg is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Schaumburg you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your scaevola in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Schaumburg

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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