Zone 8b planting calendar

What to plant in June: zone 8b

A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 8b: last spring frost around March 20, first fall frost around November 25. Zones are set by winter lows, not frost dates, so two gardens in the same zone can be weeks apart. Measure your ZIP below for dates from your area's own 30-year record.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.
Typical last frost: March 20
Typical first frost: November 25
Winter lows: 15 to 20 °F
Zone 8b Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

  • Cucumberaround Jun 5

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Zucchiniaround Jun 5

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Basilaround Jun 5

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Winter squasharound Jun 12

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Beetaround Jun 19

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Carrotaround Jun 19

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

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