Zone 8b monthly plan

January 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: 24

Get dates for your exact ZIP

Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.

Exact January dates

Planting jobs

Your January checklist

Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 8b's typical frost window.

24 matching actions, with 5 shown first

Start indoors

Ageratum
flower
January 6 to January 20
0 sources
Annual Salvia (Scarlet Sage)
flower
January 20 to February 3
0 sources
Bachelors Button
flower
January 20 to February 3
0 sources
Basil
herb
January 20 to February 3
0 sources
Broccoli
vegetable
January 6 to January 20
0 sources

Show 19 more start indoors

CabbageJanuary 6 to January 20
CauliflowerJanuary 13 to January 27
CeleriacDecember 23 to January 6
CollardsJanuary 20
EggplantJanuary 20
Forget-me-notJanuary 6 to January 20
German ChamomileJanuary 20 to February 3
Globe AmaranthJanuary 20 to February 3
Ground CherryJanuary 27 to February 17
ImpatiensJanuary 6 to February 3
KaleDecember 30 to January 13
Luffa GourdJanuary 20 to February 3
Malabar SpinachJanuary 20 to February 3
ParsleyJanuary 20 to February 3
PepperJanuary 20
PetuniaJanuary 6 to January 20
StockJanuary 20 to February 3
Sweet MarjoramJanuary 6 to January 20
TomatilloJanuary 27 to February 17

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.