Probably the same for you Cheryl, but almost certainly in Ill like it is in Ohio...

I do okay planting shrubs in the fall as long as I water a lot. We have a serious lack of rain in the average fall. As long as you water regularly, it actually seems like the best thing for them. Spring, they try so hard to grow leaves that the roots take longer to set.

I figure, everybody else waits till Sept or Oct to plant trees, and everybody can't be wrong. lol