Planting calendars by zone and state
When to start seeds, plant, and harvest depends on your frost dates. Pick your hardiness zone or your state, or enter your ZIP code for dates made for exactly where you live.
By month
By hardiness zone
- Zone 3alast frost ~May 18, first frost ~Sep 12
- Zone 3blast frost ~May 12, first frost ~Sep 18
- Zone 4alast frost ~May 10, first frost ~Sep 22
- Zone 4blast frost ~May 5, first frost ~Sep 28
- Zone 5alast frost ~Apr 30, first frost ~Oct 5
- Zone 5blast frost ~Apr 25, first frost ~Oct 12
- Zone 6alast frost ~Apr 18, first frost ~Oct 17
- Zone 6blast frost ~Apr 12, first frost ~Oct 22
- Zone 7alast frost ~Apr 5, first frost ~Oct 28
- Zone 7blast frost ~Mar 28, first frost ~Nov 5
- Zone 8alast frost ~Mar 20, first frost ~Nov 12
- Zone 8blast frost ~Mar 10, first frost ~Nov 20
- Zone 9alast frost ~Feb 28, first frost ~Dec 1
- Zone 9blast frost ~Feb 15, first frost ~Dec 10
- Zone 10alast frost ~Jan 31, first frost ~Dec 20
- Zone 10blast frost ~Jan 15, first frost ~Dec 31
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
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming