Zone 9a monthly plan
February planting calendar for zone 9a
These actions use zone 9a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- March 2
- First fall frost
- November 26
- Exact actions
- 40
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 9a's typical frost window.
Showing 15 of 40 matching actions
Start indoors
13- Bitter Melon
vegetable
- Bok Choy
vegetable
January 19 to February 2SourceCornell University Home Gardening - Cucamelon
vegetable
January 19 to February 2SourceUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension - Cucumber
vegetable
February 2SourceUniversity of Minnesota Extension - Fennel
herb
January 19 to February 2SourceUtah State University Extension
Transplant outdoors
8- Broccoli
vegetable
February 9 to February 16SourceUtah State University Extension - Cabbage
vegetable
February 9 to February 16SourceUtah State University Extension - Cauliflower
vegetable
February 16 to February 23SourceUtah State University Extension - Celeriac
vegetable
- Collards
vegetable
February 16SourceCornell University Home Gardening
Direct sow
19- Beet
vegetable
February 9 to February 16SourceUtah State University Extension - Broccoli
vegetable
February 9 to February 16SourceUtah State University Extension - Cabbage
vegetable
February 9 to February 16SourceUtah State University Extension - Carrot
vegetable
February 9 to February 16SourceUtah State University Extension - Cauliflower
vegetable
February 16 to February 23SourceUtah 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.