Zone 8b monthly plan
February planting calendar for zone 8b
These actions use zone 8b's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- March 17
- First fall frost
- November 14
- Exact actions
- 48
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 8b's typical frost window.
Showing 14 of 48 matching actions
Start indoors
29- January 20 to February 3SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Bachelors Button
flower
January 20 to February 3SourceNorth Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension) - Basil
herb
January 20 to February 3SourceUniversity of Minnesota Extension - Bitter Melon
vegetable
- Bok Choy
vegetable
February 3 to February 17SourceCornell University Home Gardening
Transplant outdoors
4- Broccoli
vegetable
February 24 to March 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Cabbage
vegetable
February 24 to March 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Globe Artichoke
vegetable
February 17 to February 24SourceUtah State University Extension - Kale
vegetable
February 10 to February 17SourceUtah State University Extension
Direct sow
15- Beet
vegetable
February 24 to March 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Broccoli
vegetable
February 24 to March 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Cabbage
vegetable
February 24 to March 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Carrot
vegetable
February 24 to March 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Collards
vegetable
February 24SourceCornell University Home Gardening
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.