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Zone 8 Planting Calendar

Last frost: Mar 15 First frost: Nov 25 Frost-free days: 255

Start indoors Transplant Direct sow Harvest

Vegetables

Crop JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Garlic 🌱 🪴
Ginger 🌱 🪴 🌾
Green Bean 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Horseradish 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Hot Pepper 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Hyacinth Bean 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Jerusalem Artichoke 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Jicama 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Kale 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Kohlrabi 🌿 🌿 🌾
Leek 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Lettuce 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Lima Bean 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Lotus Root 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Luffa 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Mâche 🌿 🌿 🌾
Malabar Spinach 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Mashua 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Mizuna 🌿 🌿 🌾
Moringa 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Mung Bean 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Mustard Greens 🌿 🌿 🌾
Napa Cabbage 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
New Zealand Spinach 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Oca 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
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 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Taro 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Tatsoi 🌿 🌿 🌾
Tepary Bean 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Tomatillo 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Tomato 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Turmeric 🌱 🪴 🌾
Turnip 🌿 🌿 🌾
Water Chestnut 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Water Spinach 🌿 🌿 🌾
Winter Squash 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Yacon 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Yardlong Bean 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Zucchini 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾

Herbs

Crop JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Apple Mint 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Bee Balm 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Borage 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Calendula 🌿 🌿 🌾
Chamomile 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Chervil 🌿 🌿 🌾
Chives 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Cilantro 🌿 🌿 🌾
Culantro 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Curry Leaf 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Dill 🌿 🌿 🌾
Epazote 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Fenugreek 🌿 🌿 🌾
Galangal 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
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 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Apricot 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Aronia (Chokeberry) 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Blackberry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Blueberry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Cantaloupe 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Cape Gooseberry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Cherry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Currant 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Elderberry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Feijoa 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Fig 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Goji Berry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
Gooseberry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Grape 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾
Ground Cherry 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Hardy Kiwi 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Hazelnut 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Honeyberry 🌿 🌿 🌾
Loquat 🌿 🌿 🌾 🌾
Medlar 🌿 🌾 🌾 🌾
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.