Zone 8a monthly plan
January planting calendar for zone 8a
These actions use zone 8a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- March 29
- First fall frost
- November 7
- Exact actions
- 12
Get dates for your exact ZIP
Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Planting jobs
Your January checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 8a's typical frost window.
12 matching actions, with 5 shown first
Start indoors
12- Ageratum
flower
January 18 to February 10 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
January 18 to February 10 sources
- Cabbage
vegetable
January 18 to February 10 sources
- Cauliflower
vegetable
January 25 to February 80 sources
- Celeriac
vegetable
January 4 to January 180 sources
Show 7 more start indoors
- Forget-me-notJanuary 18 to February 1
- Globe ArtichokeDecember 7 to January 11
- ImpatiensJanuary 18 to February 15
- KaleJanuary 11 to January 25
- PetuniaJanuary 18 to February 1
- Sweet MarjoramJanuary 18 to February 1
- Wax BegoniaJanuary 4
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.