Find Your Planting Zone
Enter your ZIP for your USDA hardiness zone, frost dates, and a personalized planting calendar, free.
Enter your US ZIP code for your USDA zone, frost dates & planting calendar.
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Zone 3b
Last frost ~128-day season
What to plant
Zone 5b
Last frost ~166-day season
What to plant
Zone 6b
Last frost ~186-day season
What to plant
Zone 7b
Last frost ~212-day season
What to plant
Zone 8b
Last frost ~245-day season
What to plant Zone 9b
Last frost ~298-day season
What to plant
Zone 10a
Last frost ~323-day season
What to plant
Zone 11a
Frost-free · year-round
What to plantPopular crops: when to plant
Tomatoes
~75 days to harvest
How to grow
Peppers
~80 days to harvest
How to grow
Cucumbers
~60 days to harvest
How to grow
Lettuce
~50 days to harvest
How to grow
Zucchini
~55 days to harvest
How to grow
Carrots
~70 days to harvest
How to grow
Beans (bush)
~55 days to harvest
How to grow
Peas
~60 days to harvest
How to growPlanting right now: fall
Fall planting calendar
Sow-by dates for every zone, counted backward from your first frost. Radishes, spinach, lettuce, kale, carrots and fall peas.
When to plant garlic
Garlic goes in around your first frost, not six weeks before it. Planting windows and harvest dates by zone, plus depth, spacing and mulch.
Your first frost date
It is a 50 percent probability, not a deadline. What it measures, and what row cover, mulch and water actually buy you.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I find my planting zone?
Enter your 5-digit US ZIP code above. We return your USDA hardiness zone, your average last and first frost dates, and a planting calendar based on them.
What is a USDA hardiness zone?
A region defined by its average annual minimum winter temperature (USDA 2023 map). It tells you which perennials survive your winters and, combined with frost dates, when to plant.
What are frost dates and why do they matter?
Your average last spring frost and first fall frost bound the growing season. Most planting timing (start seeds indoors, transplant, direct sow) is measured in weeks before or after the last frost.