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Last spring frost (0°C) 9 Jun Frost 9 of 10 years · 20 years of data
Frost-free season 23 days 9 Jun – 2 Jul
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Vegetables

Plant Sow indoors Transplant Direct sow
Earliest Latest Growing time Earliest Latest Rel. frost Earliest Latest Rel. frost
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea (Botrytis-gruppen)
21 Apr – 5 May
7 Jun
5-7 wk
9 Jun
12 Jul
0 wk
10 Jun
2 Jul
0 wk
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea (Italica-gruppen)
28 Apr – 12 May
19 Jun
4-6 wk
9 Jun
17 Jul
0 wk
10 Jun
7 Jul
0 wk
Chili pepper
Capsicum annuum
Season too short
23 Mar – 20 Apr
8-12 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Curly Kale
Brassica oleracea (Curly Kale-gruppen)
21 Apr – 5 May
6 Jun
5-7 wk
9 Jun
11 Jul
0 wk
9 Jun
1 Jul
0 wk
Garden cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Season too short
18 – 25 May
3-4 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Florence Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Season too short
11 – 18 May
18 May
4-5 wk
15 Jun
15 Jun
1 wk after
22 Jun
2 wk after
Butter bean
Phaseolus lunatus
Season too short
20 – 27 Jun
3-4 wk
18 Jul
6 wk after
Onion
Allium cepa (Cepa-gruppen)
Season too short
17 Mar – 14 Apr
8-12 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Onion (sets)
Allium cepa (Cepa-gruppen)
Season too short
31 May
1 wk before
31 May
1 wk before
Maize
Zea mays
Season too short
12 – 19 May
3-4 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Swiss Chard
Beta vulgaris (Flavescens-gruppen)
Fleece
12 – 19 May
14 Jun
3-4 wk
9 Jun
5 Jul
0 wk
15 Jun
25 Jun
1 wk after
Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. sativus var. sativus
9 Jun
15 Jun
0 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Palm Kale
Brassica oleracea (Palm Kale-gruppen)
21 Apr – 5 May
6 Jun
5-7 wk
9 Jun
11 Jul
0 wk
9 Jun
1 Jul
0 wk
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
Season too short
25 Apr – 9 May
27 Apr
4-6 wk
6 Jun
0 wk
6 Jun
0 wk
Ornamental Kale
Brassica oleracea (Ornamental-gruppen)
21 Apr – 5 May
31 May
5-7 wk
9 Jun
5 Jul
0 wk
10 Jun
25 Jun
0 wk
Pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo
Season too short
18 – 25 May
3-4 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Beetroot
Beta vulgaris (Conditiva-gruppen)
Greenhouse
12 – 19 May
3-4 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Red Cabbage
Brassica oleracea (Red Cabbage-gruppen)
28 Apr – 12 May
18 Jun
4-6 wk
9 Jun
16 Jul
0 wk
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
12 – 19 May
19 Jun
3-4 wk
9 Jun
10 Jul
0 wk
10 Jun
30 Jun
0 wk
Savoy Cabbage
Brassica oleracea (Savoy Cabbage-gruppen)
28 Apr – 12 May
18 Jun
4-6 wk
9 Jun
16 Jul
0 wk
Shallot (bulbs)
Allium cepa (Aggregatum-gruppen)
Season too short
26 Apr – 10 May
15 May
2-4 wk
24 May
29 May
2 wk before
24 May
2 wk before
Shallot (sets)
Allium cepa (Aggregatum-gruppen)
Season too short
31 May
1 wk before
31 May
1 wk before
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
12 – 19 May
10 Jul
3-4 wk
9 Jun
31 Jul
0 wk
6 Jun
21 Jul
0 wk
Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
4 – 18 Jul
4-6 wk
15 Aug
10 wk after
Garden tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Tomatillo
Physalis ixocarpa
Common Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Season too short
12 – 26 May
2-4 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
White Cabbage
Brassica oleracea (White Cabbage-gruppen)
28 Apr – 12 May
18 Jun
4-6 wk
9 Jun
16 Jul
0 wk
Garden pea
Pisum sativum
12 – 19 May
4 Jun
3-4 wk
9 Jun
25 Jun
0 wk
10 Jun
15 Jun
0 wk

Herbs

Plant Sow indoors Transplant Direct sow
Earliest Latest Growing time Earliest Latest Rel. frost Earliest Latest Rel. frost
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Season too short
4 – 18 May
4-6 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Lemon balm
Melissa officinalis
31 Mar – 14 Apr
30 Apr
8-10 wk
9 Jun
25 Jun
0 wk
4 Jul
4 wk after
Dill
Anethum graveolens
10 Jun
20 Jun
0 wk
Wild chives
Allium schoenoprasum
14 – 28 Apr
30 May
6-8 wk
9 Jun
11 Jul
0 wk
10 Jun
1 Jul
0 wk
Spearmint
Mentha spicata
17 Mar – 14 Apr
12 May
8-12 wk
9 Jun
7 Jul
0 wk
4 Jul
4 wk after
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
9 Jun
10 Jul
0 wk
22 Jun
30 Jun
2 wk after
Garden sage
Salvia officinalis
2 – 16 Apr
1 May
8-10 wk
11 Jun
26 Jun
0 wk
Common thyme
Thymus vulgaris
31 Mar – 14 Apr
6 May
8-10 wk
9 Jun
1 Jul
0 wk
Oregano
Origanum vulgare
14 – 28 Apr
16 May
6-8 wk
9 Jun
27 Jun
0 wk
4 Jul
4 wk after
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
14 – 28 Apr
16 May
6-8 wk
9 Jun
27 Jun
0 wk
10 Jun
17 Jun
0 wk
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Greenhouse
3 – 31 Mar
18 Mar
10-14 wk
9 Jun
0 wk

Annual flowers

Plant Sow indoors Transplant Direct sow
Earliest Latest Growing time Earliest Latest Rel. frost Earliest Latest Rel. frost
Morning glory
Ipomoea tricolor
Season too short
18 – 25 May
3-4 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
9 Jun
7 Jul
0 wk
10 Jun
27 Jun
0 wk
Statice
Limonium sinuatum
Season too short
31 Mar – 14 Apr
8-10 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Sweet William
Dianthus barbatus
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
19 Jun
1 wk after
Snow-on-the-mountain
Euphorbia marginata
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
11 Jul
5 wk after
Pinnate dahlia
Dahlia × pinnata
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Pinnate dahlia (tubers)
Dahlia × pinnata
Season too short
20 Apr – 18 May
4-8 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
15 Jun
1 wk after
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
31 Mar – 14 Apr
8-10 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Busy lizzie
Impatiens walleriana
Season too short
23 Mar – 20 Apr
25 Mar
8-12 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Creeping zinnia
Sanvitalia procumbens
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Hyacinth bean
Dolichos lablab
Season too short
11 – 25 May
4-6 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Chinese lantern
Physalis alkekengi
Greenhouse
31 Mar – 14 Apr
6 Apr
8-10 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Love in a mist
Nigella damascena
9 Jun
10 Jun
0 wk
10 Jun
0 wk
Strawflower
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
11 Jul
5 wk after
Purple-top vervain
Verbena bonariensis
Greenhouse
17 Mar – 14 Apr
6 Apr
8-12 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Cardoon
Cynara cardunculus
Season too short
17 Mar – 14 Apr
8-12 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Regal-foxtail
Ptilotus nobilis
Season too short
23 Mar – 20 Apr
8-12 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Globe amaranth
Gomphrena globosa
Season too short
20 Apr – 4 May
6-8 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Corn poppy
Papaver rhoeas
9 Jun
25 Jun
0 wk
10 Jun
15 Jun
0 wk
Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
17 Mar – 14 Apr
20 Apr
8-12 wk
9 Jun
15 Jun
0 wk
19 Jun
1 wk after
Flossflower
Ageratum houstonianum
Season too short
6 – 20 Apr
8-10 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
14 Apr – 5 May
23 May
5-8 wk
9 Jun
27 Jun
0 wk
Stock
Matthiola incana
14 – 28 Apr
14 May
6-8 wk
9 Jun
25 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Wormwood
Artemisia absinthium
14 – 28 Apr
30 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
11 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Mexican sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia
Season too short
4 – 18 May
4-6 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Garden pansy
Viola × wittrockiana
31 Mar – 14 Apr
16 May
8-10 wk
9 Jun
11 Jul
0 wk
19 Jun
1 Jul
1 wk after
Petunia
Petunia
Season too short
17 Mar – 14 Apr
8-12 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Sweet Scabious
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Greenhouse
14 – 28 Apr
20 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Common zinnia
Zinnia elegans
Season too short
28 Apr – 12 May
4-6 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Common morning glory
Ipomoea purpurea
Season too short
11 – 25 May
3-5 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Garden cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Season too short
28 Apr – 12 May
4-6 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Scarlet milkweed
Asclepias curassavica
Season too short
30 Mar – 27 Apr
8-12 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Bee balm
Monarda didyma
17 Mar – 14 Apr
31 Mar
8-12 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
4 Jul
4 wk after
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Safflower
Carthamus tinctorius
9 Jun
0 wk
10 Jun
0 wk
Iceland poppy
Papaver nudicaule
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
20 May
6-8 wk
9 Jun
1 Jul
0 wk
24 May
21 Jun
2 wk before
Bishop's flower
Ammi majus
28 Apr – 12 May
18 May
4-6 wk
9 Jun
15 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Drumsticks
Pycnosorus globosus
Season too short
23 Mar – 6 Apr
10-12 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Season too short
12 – 19 May
26 May
3-4 wk
9 Jun
16 Jun
0 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
China aster
Callistephus chinensis
Greenhouse
14 – 28 Apr
15 May
6-8 wk
9 Jun
26 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Annual phlox
Phlox drummondii
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
Alpine delphinium
Delphinium elatum
Fleece
17 Mar – 14 Apr
6 Apr
8-12 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after
African marigold
Tagetes erecta
Season too short
14 – 28 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Fleece
14 – 28 Apr
25 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
4 Jul
4 wk after
Wood sage
Salvia nemorosa
Greenhouse
31 Mar – 14 Apr
6 Apr
8-10 wk
9 Jun
0 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
Black-eyed susan vine
Thunbergia alata
Season too short
6 Apr – 4 May
6-10 wk
15 Jun
1 wk after
California goldenpoppy
Eschscholzia californica
9 Jun
16 Jun
0 wk
10 Jun
0 wk
Painted tongue
Salpiglossis sinuata
Season too short
31 Mar – 14 Apr
20 Apr
8-10 wk
9 Jun
15 Jun
0 wk
Water forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides
14 – 28 Apr
30 Apr
6-8 wk
9 Jun
11 Jun
0 wk
22 Jun
2 wk after