Zone 3a monthly plan
April planting calendar for zone 3a
These actions use zone 3a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- May 29
- First fall frost
- September 5
- Exact actions
- 37
Get dates for your exact ZIP
Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Source-backed actions
Your April checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 3a's typical frost window.
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Start indoors
35- Ageratum
flower
- April 3 to April 17SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Bachelors Button
flower
April 3 to April 17SourceNorth Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension) - Basil
herb
April 3 to April 17SourceUniversity of Minnesota Extension - Bok Choy
vegetable
April 17 to May 1SourceCornell University Home Gardening
Transplant outdoors
1- Kale
vegetable
April 24 to May 1SourceUtah State University Extension
Direct sow
1- Kale
vegetable
April 24 to May 1SourceUtah State University Extension
How this checklist is sourced
USDA defines the hardiness zone, NOAA normals provide the typical frost anchors, and each crop's extension source supplies the planting offset. Broad season-only notes are kept on plant profiles because they do not change from one zone page to another.
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023 by USDA Agricultural Research Service / Oregon State University PRISM Group. the USDA hardiness-zone band.
- U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. the median spring and fall freeze dates.
Local conditions vary.