Zone 8a monthly plan

March 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: 84

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

Exact March dates

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Your March checklist

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

84 matching actions, with 15 shown first

Start indoors

Bitter Melon
vegetable
March 1
0 sources
Bok Choy
vegetable
February 15 to March 1
0 sources
Cucamelon
vegetable
February 15 to March 1
0 sources
Cucumber
vegetable
March 1
0 sources
Fennel
herb
February 15 to March 1
0 sources

Show 8 more start indoors

French SorrelMarch 8
Ground CherryFebruary 8 to March 1
MarigoldFebruary 15 to March 1
MoonflowerFebruary 15 to March 1
NasturtiumFebruary 15 to March 1
New Zealand SpinachMarch 1 to March 8
RomanescoFebruary 15 to March 1
TomatilloFebruary 8 to March 1

Transplant outdoors

Ageratum
flower
March 29 to April 12
0 sources
Annual Salvia (Scarlet Sage)
flower
March 29 to April 12
0 sources
Black-Eyed Susan
flower
March 29 to April 12
0 sources
Broccoli
vegetable
March 8 to March 15
0 sources
Cabbage
vegetable
March 8 to March 15
0 sources

Show 25 more transplant outdoors

CantaloupeMarch 29 to April 12
CauliflowerMarch 15 to March 22
CeleriacMarch 15
CollardsMarch 15
CucumberMarch 29 to April 12
DahliaMarch 29 to April 12
EggplantMarch 29 to April 12
English LavenderMarch 29 to April 12
French TarragonMarch 29
Globe AmaranthMarch 29 to April 12
Globe ArtichokeMarch 1 to March 8
Ground CherryMarch 29 to April 12
ImpatiensMarch 29 to April 12
KaleFebruary 22 to March 1
LettuceMarch 29
MarigoldMarch 29 to April 12
PepperMarch 29 to April 12
PetuniaMarch 29 to April 12
RomanescoMarch 29
SpinachMarch 29
Sweet AlyssumMarch 22 to March 29
Swiss ChardMarch 29
TomatoMarch 29 to April 12
WatermelonMarch 29 to April 12
Wax BegoniaMarch 29 to April 12

Direct sow

Basil
herb
March 29
0 sources
Beet
vegetable
March 8 to March 15
0 sources
Bok Choy
vegetable
March 29
0 sources
Borage
herb
March 29
0 sources
Broccoli
vegetable
March 8 to March 15
0 sources

Show 36 more direct sow

CabbageMarch 8 to March 15
CantaloupeMarch 29 to April 12
CarrotMarch 8 to March 15
CauliflowerMarch 15 to March 22
CollardsMarch 8
CosmosMarch 29 to April 12
CucamelonMarch 29
CucumberMarch 29 to April 12
DillMarch 29
FennelMarch 29
German ChamomileMarch 22 to March 29
Green Bean (Snap Bean)March 22
KaleFebruary 22 to March 1
KohlrabiMarch 1 to March 15
LettuceMarch 8 to March 15
Luffa GourdMarch 29
MarigoldMarch 29 to April 12
Mexican SunflowerMarch 29 to April 12
Mustard GreensMarch 8 to March 29
NasturtiumMarch 29 to April 12
New Zealand SpinachMarch 29 to April 5
ParsleyMarch 29
ParsnipMarch 8 to March 15
PotatoMarch 8 to March 15
PumpkinMarch 29 to April 12
RadishMarch 8 to March 15
SpinachMarch 1 to March 8
SunflowerMarch 29 to April 12
Sweet AlyssumMarch 1 to March 15
Sweet CornMarch 29 to April 12
Sweet MarjoramMarch 29
Swiss ChardMarch 1 to March 8
TomatilloMarch 15
WatermelonMarch 29 to April 12
Winter SquashMarch 29 to April 12
ZucchiniMarch 29 to April 12

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.