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Zone 9b monthly plan

December planting calendar for zone 9b

These actions use zone 9b's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.

Last spring frost
February 1
First fall frost
December 9
Exact actions
37

Get dates for your exact ZIP

Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.

Exact December dates

Planting jobs

Your December checklist

Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 9b's typical frost window.

37 matching actions, with 8 shown first

Start indoors

34
Show 29 more start indoors

Transplant outdoors

1
  • Kale

    vegetable

    December 28 to January 4
    0 sources

    Direct sow

    1
    • Kale

      vegetable

      December 28 to January 4
      0 sources

      Fall planting

      1
      • Garlic

        vegetable

        December 16 to December 23
        0 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.

        Local conditions vary.