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
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Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Planting jobs
Your February checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 8b's typical frost window.
48 matching actions, with 14 shown first
Start indoors
29- January 20 to February 3
0 sources
- Bachelors Button
flower
January 20 to February 30 sources
- Basil
herb
January 20 to February 30 sources
- Bitter Melon
vegetable
February 170 sources
- Bok Choy
vegetable
February 3 to February 170 sources
Show 24 more start indoors
- CucamelonFebruary 3 to February 17
- CucumberFebruary 17
- FennelFebruary 3 to February 17
- French SorrelFebruary 24
- German ChamomileJanuary 20 to February 3
- Globe AmaranthJanuary 20 to February 3
- Ground CherryJanuary 27 to February 17
- ImpatiensJanuary 6 to February 3
- LettuceFebruary 3 to February 10
- Luffa GourdJanuary 20 to February 3
- Malabar SpinachJanuary 20 to February 3
- MarigoldFebruary 3 to February 17
- MoonflowerFebruary 3 to February 17
- NasturtiumFebruary 3 to February 17
- New Zealand SpinachFebruary 17 to February 24
- ParsleyJanuary 20 to February 3
- RhubarbFebruary 3
- RomanescoFebruary 3 to February 17
- SpinachFebruary 3 to February 10
- StockJanuary 20 to February 3
- Sweet AlyssumFebruary 3 to February 10
- Swiss ChardFebruary 3 to February 10
- TomatilloJanuary 27 to February 17
- TomatoFebruary 3 to February 10
Transplant outdoors
4- Broccoli
vegetable
February 24 to March 30 sources
- Cabbage
vegetable
February 24 to March 30 sources
- Globe Artichoke
vegetable
February 17 to February 240 sources
- Kale
vegetable
February 10 to February 170 sources
Direct sow
15- Beet
vegetable
February 24 to March 30 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
February 24 to March 30 sources
- Cabbage
vegetable
February 24 to March 30 sources
- Carrot
vegetable
February 24 to March 30 sources
- Collards
vegetable
February 240 sources
Show 10 more direct sow
- KaleFebruary 10 to February 17
- KohlrabiFebruary 17 to March 3
- LettuceFebruary 24 to March 3
- Mustard GreensFebruary 24 to March 17
- ParsnipFebruary 24 to March 3
- PotatoFebruary 24 to March 3
- RadishFebruary 24 to March 3
- SpinachFebruary 17 to February 24
- Sweet AlyssumFebruary 17 to March 3
- Swiss ChardFebruary 17 to February 24
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.