Zone 4a monthly plan
March planting calendar for zone 4a
These actions use zone 4a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- May 12
- First fall frost
- September 28
- Exact actions
- 37
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 March checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 4a's typical frost window.
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Start indoors
37- Ageratum
flower
- March 17 to March 31SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Bachelors Button
flower
March 17 to March 31SourceNorth Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension) - Basil
herb
March 17 to March 31SourceUniversity of Minnesota Extension - Bok Choy
vegetable
March 31 to April 14SourceCornell 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.