Zone 8a monthly plan
April planting calendar for zone 8a
These actions use zone 8a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- March 29
- First fall frost
- November 7
- Exact actions
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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 8a's typical frost window.
33 matching actions, with 12 shown first
Transplant outdoors
18- Ageratum
flower
March 29 to April 120 sources
- March 29 to April 12
0 sources
- Black-Eyed Susan
flower
March 29 to April 120 sources
- Cantaloupe
vegetable
March 29 to April 120 sources
- Cucumber
vegetable
March 29 to April 120 sources
Show 13 more transplant outdoors
- DahliaMarch 29 to April 12
- EggplantMarch 29 to April 12
- English LavenderMarch 29 to April 12
- Globe AmaranthMarch 29 to April 12
- Ground CherryMarch 29 to April 12
- ImpatiensMarch 29 to April 12
- MarigoldMarch 29 to April 12
- PepperMarch 29 to April 12
- PetuniaMarch 29 to April 12
- TomatilloApril 5 to April 12
- TomatoMarch 29 to April 12
- WatermelonMarch 29 to April 12
- Wax BegoniaMarch 29 to April 12
Direct sow
13- Cantaloupe
vegetable
March 29 to April 120 sources
- Cosmos
flower
March 29 to April 120 sources
- Cucumber
vegetable
March 29 to April 120 sources
- Marigold
flower
March 29 to April 120 sources
- Mexican Sunflower
flower
March 29 to April 120 sources
Show 8 more direct sow
- NasturtiumMarch 29 to April 12
- New Zealand SpinachMarch 29 to April 5
- PumpkinMarch 29 to April 12
- SunflowerMarch 29 to April 12
- Sweet CornMarch 29 to April 12
- WatermelonMarch 29 to April 12
- Winter SquashMarch 29 to April 12
- ZucchiniMarch 29 to April 12
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.