What to Plant in February in Zone 9: Cool Crops, Flowers, and Early Fruit
In USDA zone 9, February keeps cool-season greens and roots open from early month, adds flowers and asparagus mid-month, and finishes peach and blueberry...
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What to Plant in February in Zone 9
In USDA zone 9, February is a full cool-season month from day one. Greens, roots, brassicas, peas, onions, cover crops, and cool herbs open about February 1. Mid-month adds asparagus, cilantro, and many flowers. Peach closes about February 28; rabbiteye blueberry runs into early March.
Typical last frost for zone 9 averages around February 25. Confirm with the first-frost lookup and the first frost guide. Also check the zone 9 February calendar and what to plant now.
Cool-Season Crops From Early February
Sow or transplant while January-February catalog windows are open:
- Greens: lettuce (including butterhead, red leaf, romaine), spinach, arugula, kale, collards, Swiss chard, bok choy. Lettuce, spinach, arugula.
- Roots: radish, beet, turnip, parsnip, carrot. Radish, beet, carrot.
- Brassicas: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, celery, leeks, onions. Broccoli, cabbage.
- Peas, sugar snap peas, and cover crops such as crimson clover, hairy vetch, oats, and winter peas. Pea, crimson clover.
- Cool herbs: parsley, dill, chives, mint, lemon balm, chervil, peppermint. Parsley.
Mid-February Additions
From about February 15, add asparagus crowns, cilantro, and flowers: bachelor's button, black-eyed Susan, columbine, dianthus, hollyhock, lupine, nasturtium, purple coneflower, pansy, snapdragon, sweet pea, and breadseed poppy. Asparagus, cilantro.
Fruit Notes
Fig opens about February 1 to mid-March. Blackberry canes run early February into early March. Peach spring planting is about January 15 to February 28 — finish before month end. Rabbiteye blueberry continues into about March 1. Check each crop on the zone 9 February calendar. Fig tree, peach tree.
Next Steps
Fill cool-season beds early, plant fruit before windows close, and start mid-month flowers and asparagus. Compare December zone 9, February zone 8, and February zone 10.