Zone 9a monthly plan
March 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
- 50
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 9a's typical frost window.
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Transplant outdoors
24- Ageratum
flower
- March 2 to March 16SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Black-Eyed Susan
flower
- Cantaloupe
vegetable
March 2 to March 16SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center - Cucumber
vegetable
March 2 to March 16SourceUniversity of Minnesota Extension
Direct sow
24- Basil
herb
- Bok Choy
vegetable
- Borage
herb
- Cantaloupe
vegetable
March 2 to March 16SourceClemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center - Cosmos
flower
March 2 to March 16SourceUtah State University Extension
Harvest
2- Kohlrabi
vegetable
March 24 to April 17SourceIowa State University Extension and Outreach - Radish
vegetable
March 6 to April 2SourceUtah 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.