Zone 6b monthly plan
February planting calendar for zone 6b
These actions use zone 6b's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- April 23
- First fall frost
- October 22
- Exact actions
- 23
Get dates for your exact ZIP
Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Source-backed actions
Your February checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 6b's typical frost window.
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Start indoors
23- Ageratum
flower
February 12 to February 26SourceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension (Wisconsin Horticulture) - February 26 to March 12SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Bachelors Button
flower
February 26 to March 12SourceNorth Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension) - Basil
herb
February 26 to March 12SourceUniversity of Minnesota Extension - Broccoli
vegetable
February 12 to February 26SourceUtah State University Extension
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.