Printable Planting Calendar by Frost Date
A 5-page planting calendar timed to your frost dates: a 12-month chart for 42 vegetables, herbs, and flowers, a month-by-month task list, and a garden log. Nine versions, one for each half-month of last-frost dates from February 1 to June 15. $5 each, instant PDF download.
Coming soon Checkout opens shortly. Meanwhile, every planting date in the calendar is free on your city's page.
What's inside
- Your key dates: average last spring and first fall frost, the safer planting date, and growing-season length, plus quick dates for 10 popular crops.
- Vegetable chart: when to start seeds indoors, sow outdoors, transplant, and plant for fall, on one 12-month timeline, with frost risk windows shaded.
- Herb and flower chart: the same for 13 herbs and flowers.
- Month-by-month tasks: every month's sowing and planting jobs on one page, with frost reminders.
- Garden log: record what you planted and when frost actually came, so next year's dates fit your garden even better.
Choose your version
Each version is built for gardens whose average last spring frost falls in its date range. Not sure of yours? Look up your ZIP code; your city page names the matching version.
| Last frost | Includes, for example | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1–14 | Houston, TX, Jacksonville, FL, Mesa, AZ, New Orleans, LA | Coming soon |
| Feb 15–28 | San Antonio, TX, Portland, OR, Baton Rouge, LA, Mobile, AL | Coming soon |
| Mar 1–14 | Dallas, TX, Seattle, WA, Columbus, GA, Tallahassee, FL | Coming soon |
| Mar 15–31 | New York City, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Charlotte, NC, Washington, DC | Coming soon |
| Apr 1–14 | Chicago, IL, Nashville, TN, Oklahoma City, OK, Boston, MA | Coming soon |
| Apr 15–30 | Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Denver, CO, Detroit, MI | Coming soon |
| May 1–14 | Colorado Springs, CO, Anchorage, AK, Madison, WI, Grand Rapids, MI | Coming soon |
| May 15–31 | Bozeman, MT, Gillette, WY, Fairbanks, AK, Rexburg, ID | Coming soon |
| Jun 1–15 | Bend, OR, Flagstaff, AZ, Butte, MT, Laramie, WY | Coming soon |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which version do I need?
Pick the version whose date range contains your average last spring frost. Look up your ZIP code on FrostCal: your city page shows your average last frost and links to the matching calendar.
What format is it?
A 5-page PDF sized for US Letter paper in landscape orientation, designed to print in color or black and white on a home printer.
How do I get it?
Checkout is handled by Lemon Squeezy. The PDF download link is emailed to you right after purchase.
Where do the dates come from?
Frost dates come from NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, the same data behind every FrostCal city page. Planting windows follow university extension timing guidelines, counted from each version's frost dates.
Is there a version for frost-free areas?
Not yet. Places whose last frost is usually before February (most of Florida, the Gulf Coast, and the low desert) plant around heat and rain rather than frost, so a frost-based calendar would be misleading there.
Prefer free? Every city page on FrostCal has the same planting dates online. The printable puts them on paper for the fridge or the garden shed.