Zone 5b monthly plan

February planting calendar for zone 5b

These actions use zone 5b's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.

Last spring frost: May 1
First fall frost: October 10
Exact actions: 12

Get dates for your exact ZIP

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

Exact February dates

Planting jobs

Your February checklist

Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 5b's typical frost window.

12 matching actions, with 5 shown first

Start indoors

Ageratum
flower
February 20 to March 6
0 sources
Broccoli
vegetable
February 20 to March 6
0 sources
Cabbage
vegetable
February 20 to March 6
0 sources
Cauliflower
vegetable
February 27 to March 13
0 sources
Celeriac
vegetable
February 6 to February 20
0 sources

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Forget-me-notFebruary 20 to March 6
Globe ArtichokeJanuary 9 to February 13
ImpatiensFebruary 20 to March 20
KaleFebruary 13 to February 27
PetuniaFebruary 20 to March 6
Sweet MarjoramFebruary 20 to March 6
Wax BegoniaFebruary 6

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.