When to Plant Pennyroyal in Woodridge, IL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. 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 you can plant pennyroyal in Woodridge by looking at the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Pennyroyal

Frost tolerance for pennyroyal: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since pennyroyal do well in cold you can plant them earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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

The earliest that you can plant pennyroyal in Woodridge is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant pennyroyal and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your pennyroyal may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your pennyroyal indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Woodridge. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Woodridge is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Woodridge last frost occurs after April 15 so always be ready to cover your pennyroyal in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Woodridge

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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