Planting Calendar — Printable PDF (Select Your Zone)

Month-by-month planting guide built for your climate zone — not a generic national average.

Most planting guides tell you to "plant after last frost." This one tells you exactly when that is for your zone, what to start indoors in February, what to direct sow in April, and which crops reward succession planting — with the intervals that actually work.

Select your USDA hardiness zone at checkout. Each version is written specifically for that zone's frost dates, growing season length, and regional crop timing. One guide, built for where you actually garden.

Choose Your Zone

• Zone 3–4 — Upper Midwest, Northern New England, Mountain West (Minneapolis, Duluth, Burlington, Bangor, Billings)
• Zone 5–7 — Mid-Atlantic, Pennsylvania, Northeast, Great Lakes (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Albany, Columbus)
• Zone 7–8 — Mid-South, Appalachia, Pacific Northwest, Coastal Southeast (Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland)
• Zone 9–10 — Southern California, Arizona, Texas Gulf Coast, Central Valley, South Florida (Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Sacramento)

Not sure of your zone? Look it up at planthardiness.ars.usda.gov using your zip code.

What's Inside Every Version

• Frost Date Reference — Average last and first frost dates by sub-zone with city examples and growing season lengths. Fill-in field for your personal dates.
• Month-by-Month Calendar — What to start indoors, direct sow, and transplant each month of the year, with zone-specific notes throughout.
• Crop-by-Crop Planting Guide — 35 vegetables and herbs with indoor start timing, transplant date, direct sow date, spacing, days to maturity, succession interval, and notes. All timed relative to your last frost date.
• Succession Planting Guide — Which crops reward staggered planting, at what intervals, when to stop, and why — so you harvest steadily instead of all at once.
• Personal Succession Schedule — Fill-in tracking table to plan your own succession calendar for the season.

Product Details

• 9-page printable PDF per zone
• Letter size (8.5" x 11"), print at home or at any print shop
• Instant digital download — no shipping, no waiting
• Dates based on USDA zone averages; confirm local frost dates at almanac.com