This planting calendar works out sowing windows from your own frost dates, so it fits gardens from Zone 3 to Zone 10, the UK, Canada and Australia. Choose your location and you will see what you can plant right now, plus a full year chart for 24 popular vegetables, herbs and flowers.
Planting Calendar
See what to start indoors, sow outside and plant for fall, month by month, based on your frost dates.
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How to read the calendar
- Blue: start seeds indoors under lights or on a sunny windowsill.
- Green: sow seeds or set out transplants in the garden.
- Orange: plant for a fall (autumn) harvest, or plant garlic and spring bulbs.
Cool-season crops such as peas, spinach, lettuce and kale handle light frost and are sown before your last frost. Warm-season crops such as tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash and basil wait until the soil warms and nights stay above about 50°F (10°C).
Planting garlic this fall? See our step-by-step garlic planting guide and when to plant tulip bulbs.
Frequently asked questions
What can I plant in October?
In most of the US, UK and Canada, October is the time to plant garlic, tulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs, and in mild zones (8 to 10) you can still sow lettuce, spinach, radishes and peas. In Australia it is spring, so it is the start of tomato, bean and cucumber season.
When should I start seeds indoors?
Most vegetables are started 6 to 10 weeks before your last frost. Peppers and eggplant need the longest (8 to 10 weeks), tomatoes 6 to 8 weeks, and cucumbers and squash only 3 to 4 weeks.
Why does the calendar change when I pick a different zone?
Every window is counted in weeks from your average last and first frost, so a colder zone shifts everything later in spring and earlier in fall.