What to plant now
A late-summer and fall starting point for garlic, cover-crop packets, fall greens, and frost timing. This page links existing zone calendars, plant pages, and the free planner. It does not invent frost dates or hardiness.
What to plant in November
Each zone guide covers what still fits in November. Confirm every crop against your first frost date.
- What to Plant in November in Zone 4: Finish Garlic If Soil Works
In USDA zone 4, November is mainly a garlic finish if soil is still workable. Hard freezes are likely; protect beds and skip new vegetable seed. - What to Plant in November in Zone 5: Garlic and Dormant Fruit
In USDA zone 5, November finishes garlic if soil is workable and favors dormant fruit and berries. Protect beds; skip new vegetable seed. - What to Plant in November in Zone 6: Garlic and Dormant Fruit
In USDA zone 6, November finishes the garlic window and favors dormant fruit planting. Protect overwintering greens and clear finished beds. - What to Plant in November in Zone 7: Garlic, Fruit, and Early Cool Crops
In USDA zone 7, November favors garlic into early December and dormant fruit. Cool-season vegetables that end around November 1 fit only early in the mont... - What to Plant in November in Zone 8: Garlic, Cool Crops, and Fruit
In USDA zone 8, November opens garlic and dormant fruit while cool-season greens, roots, brassicas, and flowers continue into mid-month. - What to Plant in November in Zone 9: Garlic and Cool-Season Crops
In USDA zone 9, November is a strong cool-season month for greens, roots, and brassicas, with garlic opening November 1 through mid-December. - What to Plant in November in Zone 10: Cool Crops, Flowers, and Garlic
In USDA zone 10, November supports cool-season greens, roots, brassicas, and flowers. Garlic begins mid-November and runs into early January.
Zone 3 November calendar · Zone 4 November calendar · Zone 5 November calendar · Zone 6 November calendar · Zone 7 November calendar · Zone 8 November calendar · Zone 9 November calendar · Zone 10 November calendar
Frost countdown
Set a first frost date in My Garden to see days and weeks left on this page. Zone calendars help, but yards vary. ThriveThyme does not invent a frost date for your yard.
Look up first frost date by ZIP or zone · What is first frost and how to use it · What to plant before first frost · Protecting plants from early frost
September planting guides
Zone-by-zone priorities for warm-season finishes in the South and cool-season starts farther north. Confirm every crop against your local first-frost date and the catalog calendar.
Zone 3 · Zone 4 · Zone 5 · Zone 6 · Zone 7 · Zone 8 · Zone 9 · Zone 10
October planting guides
Zone-by-zone priorities for garlic, late greens, cover crops, harvest, and frost protection. Confirm every crop against your local first-frost date and the catalog calendar.
Zone 3 · Zone 4 · Zone 5 · Zone 6 · Zone 7 · Zone 8 · Zone 9 · Zone 10
November planting guides
Zone-by-zone priorities for garlic, dormant fruit, cool-season crops still open in November, and frost protection. Confirm every crop against your local first-frost date and the catalog calendar.
Zone 4 · Zone 5 · Zone 6 · Zone 7 · Zone 8 · Zone 9 · Zone 10
December planting guides
Zone 8-10 priorities for finishing garlic, dormant fruit, and cool-season crops still open in December. Confirm every crop against your local first-frost date and the catalog calendar.
February planting guides
Zone 8-10 priorities for cool-season starts, dormant fruit, and early warm-season crops in zone 10. Confirm every crop against your local frost dates and the catalog calendar.
January planting guides
Zone 10 priorities for finishing garlic, mid-January cool-season starts, cover crops, and spring fig. Confirm every crop against your local frost dates and the catalog calendar.
Zone fall calendars
These calendars list catalog crops that already have a fall window for that zone.
First frost
Count weeks left from the frost date you set in My Garden. Do not use a single national date for your yard.
Garlic
Use Garlic Desk for a frost-based fall plant window and hardneck versus softneck by zone. Plant page and garlic guides stay linked for spacing and harvest.
Cover crops
Sow cover crops on spent summer beds in late summer or early fall. Use the zone guide below, then time sowing against your frost settings and zone fall calendar.
Fall greens
These catalog crops already have fall windows on their plant pages. Open a crop page for spacing and a fall guide for timing.
- When to plant fall kale
- When to plant fall lettuce
- When to plant fall spinach
- When to plant fall carrots
- When to plant fall beets
- When to plant fall radishes
- When to plant fall turnips
- When to plant fall broccoli
- When to plant fall arugula
- When to plant fall cabbage
- When to plant fall collards
- Swiss chard growing season
- Bok choy season and harvest
- What to plant in August, zone 6
- What to plant in August, zone 7
- What to plant in August, zone 8
- What to plant in September, zone 3
- What to plant in September, zone 4
- What to plant in September, zone 5
- What to plant in September, zone 6
- What to plant in September, zone 7
- What to plant in September, zone 8
- What to plant in September, zone 9
- What to plant in September, zone 10
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Fall and winter desks
Indoor seed starting · Winter hub · Succession Desk · Cover Crop Desk · Garlic Desk · Frost Harvest Desk · Bulb Desk · Plate to Plot: plan next year from what you cook · Garden to Bed · Harvest Storage Desk · Fall Leaves Desk · Winter Mulch Desk · Soil Test Desk · All planting calendars