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Local frost dates and a year-round planting calendar for your town, on either side of the Cascades.
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All 109 plantsTap a plant type to see its plants.
- Salad greens7 plants
- Salad greensPlanting order for salad greens →
- Cabbage family9 plants
- Cabbage familyPlanting order for cabbage family →
- Root vegetables7 plants
- Root vegetablesPlanting order for root vegetables →
- Onion family4 plants
- Onion familyPlanting order for onion family →
- Peas and beans4 plants
- Peas and beansPlanting order for peas and beans →
- Tomatoes and summer crops6 plants
- Tomatoes and summer cropsPlanting order for tomatoes and summer crops →
- Squash, cucumbers and melons5 plants
- Squash, cucumbers and melonsPlanting order for squash, cucumbers and melons →
- Herbs13 plants
- Berries10 plants
- BerriesPlanting order for berries →
- Perennial vegetables5 plants
- Fruit and nut trees11 plants
- Fruit and nut treesPlanting order for fruit and nut trees →
- Native plants15 plants
- Flowers13 plants
- FlowersPlanting order for flowers →
Plan your garden
Pick your plants, or start from a ready-made plan like a salad bed or a salsa garden, and get a dated to-do list for the year. It warns you when a plant isn't in season, saves as you go and prints on one page.
New to gardening?
Start with five forgiving crops that are hard to kill, then read the beginner's guide.
Guides for Northwest gardeners
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Turning Fall Leaves into Leaf Mold and MulchThe leaves piling up in your yard every October are the best free soil builder there is. How to make leaf mold, which leaves to use, and where to put it.
Winter Pruning for Apple and Pear TreesLate winter is the time to prune apples and pears. Which cuts to make, how much to take off, and why cherries, plums and peaches wait for a different season.
Crop Rotation for a Small Northwest Vegetable GardenWinter is the time to plan next year's beds. A simple way to rotate vegetable families in a few raised beds, and the soil diseases it helps you avoid.
From a Northwest garden
Raised beds of cabbage, tomatoes and marigolds in late summer. Photo: Janelle Burklund, contributor 
A summer harvest: cherry tomatoes, beans, eggplant, peppers and cucumbers. Photo: Janelle Burklund, contributor
Why Northwest planting dates are different
National charts key everything off the last frost date. Here that's only half the story: the Portland airport's typical last frost is in mid-March, yet tomatoes planted then sit in cold, wet soil for two months, while the high desert can frost into June. Rainline Garden combines NOAA frost records for each area with regional timing for when the soil is actually ready. See how the dates are worked out.