Zone 7a monthly plan
April planting calendar for zone 7a
These actions use zone 7a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- April 16
- First fall frost
- October 25
- Exact actions
- 67
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Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Planting jobs
Your April checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 7a's typical frost window.
67 matching actions, with 11 shown first
Transplant outdoors
29- Ageratum
flower
April 16 to April 300 sources
- April 16 to April 30
0 sources
- Black-Eyed Susan
flower
April 16 to April 300 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
March 26 to April 20 sources
- Cabbage
vegetable
March 26 to April 20 sources
Show 24 more transplant outdoors
- CantaloupeApril 16 to April 30
- CauliflowerApril 2 to April 9
- CeleriacApril 2
- CollardsApril 2
- CucumberApril 16 to April 30
- DahliaApril 16 to April 30
- EggplantApril 16 to April 30
- English LavenderApril 16 to April 30
- French TarragonApril 16
- Globe AmaranthApril 16 to April 30
- Ground CherryApril 16 to April 30
- ImpatiensApril 16 to April 30
- LettuceApril 16
- MarigoldApril 16 to April 30
- PepperApril 16 to April 30
- PetuniaApril 16 to April 30
- RomanescoApril 16
- SpinachApril 16
- Sweet AlyssumApril 9 to April 16
- Swiss ChardApril 16
- TomatilloApril 23 to April 30
- TomatoApril 16 to April 30
- WatermelonApril 16 to April 30
- Wax BegoniaApril 16 to April 30
Direct sow
37- Basil
herb
April 160 sources
- Beet
vegetable
March 26 to April 20 sources
- Bok Choy
vegetable
April 160 sources
- Borage
herb
April 160 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
March 26 to April 20 sources
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- CabbageMarch 26 to April 2
- CantaloupeApril 16 to April 30
- CarrotMarch 26 to April 2
- CauliflowerApril 2 to April 9
- CosmosApril 16 to April 30
- CucamelonApril 16
- CucumberApril 16 to April 30
- DillApril 16
- FennelApril 16
- German ChamomileApril 9 to April 16
- Green Bean (Snap Bean)April 9
- KohlrabiMarch 19 to April 2
- LettuceMarch 26 to April 2
- Luffa GourdApril 16
- MarigoldApril 16 to April 30
- Mexican SunflowerApril 16 to April 30
- Mustard GreensMarch 26 to April 16
- NasturtiumApril 16 to April 30
- New Zealand SpinachApril 16 to April 23
- ParsleyApril 16
- ParsnipMarch 26 to April 2
- PotatoMarch 26 to April 2
- PumpkinApril 16 to April 30
- RadishMarch 26 to April 2
- SunflowerApril 16 to April 30
- Sweet AlyssumMarch 19 to April 2
- Sweet CornApril 16 to April 30
- Sweet MarjoramApril 16
- TomatilloApril 2
- WatermelonApril 16 to April 30
- Winter SquashApril 16 to April 30
- ZucchiniApril 16 to April 30
Harvest
1- Radish
vegetable
April 20 to May 170 sources
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.