When to plant, by zone
Planting time depends on your frost dates. In zone 7a, for example, the average last spring frost is Apr 15 and the first fall frost Oct 25. Pick a plant to see its planting window in every zone, or look up the frost dates for your state.
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Planting calendars by zone
- Zone 2a
last frost ~May 20 - Zone 3b
last frost ~May 17 - Zone 4a
last frost ~May 15 - Zone 4b
last frost ~May 13 - Zone 5a
last frost ~May 11 - Zone 5b
last frost ~May 5 - Zone 6a
last frost ~Apr 30 - Zone 6b
last frost ~Apr 24 - Zone 7a
last frost ~Apr 15 - Zone 7b
last frost ~Apr 6 - Zone 8a
last frost ~Mar 27 - Zone 8b
last frost ~Mar 16 - Zone 9a
last frost ~Mar 2 - Zone 9b
last frost ~Feb 4 - Zone 10a
last frost ~Jan 8
Frost dates by state
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming