Zone 8a planting calendar

What to plant in November: zone 8a

Zone 8a averages its last spring frost around March 30 and its first fall frost around November 15. Everything below is timed from those two dates, so it stays useful whether you're planting for summer or for a fall harvest.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.

Last frost: March 30

First frost: November 15

Winter lows: 10 to 15 °F

Zone 8a Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Plant to overwinter

Garlicaround Nov 1
Cloves go in about two weeks before first frost. They root now, sleep, then bulb next summer.

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