Zone 5 Planting Calendar

Last frost: May 1 First frost: Oct 5 Frost-free days: 155

Start indoors Transplant Direct sow Harvest

Other zones: Zone 3 (very cold)Zone 4 (cold)Zone 6 (moderate)Zone 7 (mild)Zone 8 (warm)Zone 9 (hot)Zone 10 (tropical)

Vegetables

Crop	Mar	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Acorn Squash		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Adzuki Bean		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Agretti		🌿	🌿	🌾
Amaranth		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Artichoke		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Arugula		🌿	🌿	🌾
Beet		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Bitter Melon		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Bok Choy		🌿	🌿	🌾
Broccoli		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Broccoli Rabe		🌿	🌿	🌾
Brussels Sprouts		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Butternut Squash		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Cabbage		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Carrot		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cauliflower		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Celeriac		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Celery		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Celtuce		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Chayote		🌿				🌾	🌾
Cherry Tomato		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Chickpea		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Chinese Broccoli		🌿	🌿	🌾
Chrysanthemum Greens		🌿	🌿	🌾
Collard Greens		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Corn		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cowpea		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cucumber		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Daikon		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Edamame		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Eggplant		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Endive		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Fava Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Fennel		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Garden Pea		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Green Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Horseradish	🌱	🪴
Hot Pepper		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Hyacinth Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Jerusalem Artichoke		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Jicama	🌱	🪴
Kale		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Kohlrabi		🌿	🌿	🌾
Leek		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Lettuce		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Lima Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Lotus Root	🌱	🪴
Luffa		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Mâche		🌿	🌿	🌾
Malabar Spinach		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Mizuna		🌿	🌿	🌾
Moringa		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Mung Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Mustard Greens		🌿	🌿	🌾
Napa Cabbage		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
New Zealand Spinach		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Okra		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Onion		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Parsnip		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Peanut		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Pigeon Pea	🌱	🪴				🌾
Pole Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Popcorn		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Potato		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Pumpkin		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Purslane		🌿	🌿	🌾
Quinoa		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Radicchio		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Radish		🌿	🌿
Romanesco		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Runner Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Rutabaga		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Salsify		🌿				🌾	🌾
Scallion		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Scorzonera		🌿				🌾	🌾
Shallot		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Snap Pea		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Spaghetti Squash		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Spinach		🌿	🌿	🌾
Sunflower		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Sweet Pepper		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Sweet Potato		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Swiss Chard		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Tatsoi		🌿	🌿	🌾
Tepary Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Tomatillo		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Tomato		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Turnip		🌿	🌿	🌾
Water Spinach		🌿	🌿	🌾
Winter Squash		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Yacon							🌾	🌾	🌾
Yardlong Bean		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Zucchini		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾

Herbs

Crop	Mar	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Apple Mint		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Bee Balm		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Borage		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Calendula		🌿	🌿	🌾
Chamomile		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Chervil		🌿	🌿	🌾
Chives		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cilantro		🌿	🌿	🌾
Culantro		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Curry Leaf		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Dill		🌿	🌿	🌾
Epazote		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Fenugreek		🌿	🌿	🌾
Holy Basil		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Hops		🌿				🌾	🌾
Lavender					🌾	🌾	🌾	🌾	🌾
Lemon Balm		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Lemon Verbena		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Lemongrass		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Lovage		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Marjoram		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Nasturtium		🌿	🌿	🌾
Oregano		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Parsley		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Peppermint		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Peppermint		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Rosemary	🌱	🪴			🌾	🌾
Saffron		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Sage		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Shiso		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Sorrel		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Spearmint		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Stevia		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Summer Savory		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Sweet Basil		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Tarragon		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Thyme	🌱	🪴			🌾	🌾
Vietnamese Coriander		🌿	🌿	🌾
Watercress		🌿	🌿	🌾
Winter Savory		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾

Fruits

Crop	Mar	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Apricot		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Aronia (Chokeberry)		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Blackberry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Blueberry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cantaloupe		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cape Gooseberry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Cherry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Currant		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Elderberry		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Feijoa	🌱	🪴
Fig		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Goji Berry		🌿			🌾	🌾	🌾
Gooseberry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Grape	🌱	🪴			🌾	🌾
Ground Cherry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Hardy Kiwi	🌱	🪴
Hazelnut		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Honeyberry		🌿	🌿	🌾
Loquat		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Mulberry		🌿	🌿	🌾
Pawpaw		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Persimmon		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Plum		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾	🌾
Pomegranate							🌾	🌾	🌾
Quince	🌱	🪴
Raspberry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Sea Buckthorn		🌿	🌿		🌾	🌾
Serviceberry		🌿	🌿	🌾
Strawberry		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾
Watermelon		🌿	🌿	🌾	🌾

Dates are approximate midpoints based on historic frost averages. Actual dates vary by microclimate and year. Confirm your local last frost date at the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.