Zone 7b monthly plan
April planting calendar for zone 7b
These actions use zone 7b's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- April 5
- First fall frost
- November 1
- Exact actions
- 50
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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 7b's typical frost window.
50 matching actions, with 12 shown first
Transplant outdoors
24- Ageratum
flower
April 5 to April 190 sources
- April 5 to April 19
0 sources
- Black-Eyed Susan
flower
April 5 to April 190 sources
- Cantaloupe
vegetable
April 5 to April 190 sources
- Cucumber
vegetable
April 5 to April 190 sources
Show 19 more transplant outdoors
- DahliaApril 5 to April 19
- EggplantApril 5 to April 19
- English LavenderApril 5 to April 19
- French TarragonApril 5
- Globe AmaranthApril 5 to April 19
- Ground CherryApril 5 to April 19
- ImpatiensApril 5 to April 19
- LettuceApril 5
- MarigoldApril 5 to April 19
- PepperApril 5 to April 19
- PetuniaApril 5 to April 19
- RomanescoApril 5
- SpinachApril 5
- Sweet AlyssumMarch 29 to April 5
- Swiss ChardApril 5
- TomatilloApril 12 to April 19
- TomatoApril 5 to April 19
- WatermelonApril 5 to April 19
- Wax BegoniaApril 5 to April 19
Direct sow
24- Basil
herb
April 50 sources
- Bok Choy
vegetable
April 50 sources
- Borage
herb
April 50 sources
- Cantaloupe
vegetable
April 5 to April 190 sources
- Cosmos
flower
April 5 to April 190 sources
Show 19 more direct sow
- CucamelonApril 5
- CucumberApril 5 to April 19
- DillApril 5
- FennelApril 5
- German ChamomileMarch 29 to April 5
- Luffa GourdApril 5
- MarigoldApril 5 to April 19
- Mexican SunflowerApril 5 to April 19
- Mustard GreensMarch 15 to April 5
- NasturtiumApril 5 to April 19
- New Zealand SpinachApril 5 to April 12
- ParsleyApril 5
- PumpkinApril 5 to April 19
- SunflowerApril 5 to April 19
- Sweet CornApril 5 to April 19
- Sweet MarjoramApril 5
- WatermelonApril 5 to April 19
- Winter SquashApril 5 to April 19
- ZucchiniApril 5 to April 19
Harvest
2How 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.