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Georgia Gardening by County
Frost dates, planting zones and planting calendars for all 159 Georgia counties. The last spring frost ranges from Feb 8 (Glynn County) to Apr 26 (Fannin County), and USDA zones run from 7b to 9a.
Photo: Farm pond and fenced pasture beside State Route 315 in Talbot County. Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr
Georgia garden tools
Georgia lawn care calendar: grass seed, sod and fertilizer timing from UGA Cooperative Extension publications.
Georgia invasive plants: the official banned and noxious plant lists.
Georgia native plants: native plant and pollinator plant lists from extension and state agencies.
Georgia growing season
Glynn County has the longest frost-free season in the state at 314 days; Fannin County has the shortest at 176 days. Fannin County sees its first fall freeze around Oct 19 in a typical year; Glynn County waits until about Dec 25.
UGA Cooperative Extension publishes one set of planting dates for all of Georgia, so the crop dates are the same in every county; only the frost dates change.
103 NOAA stations supply the frost dates; each county uses the closest one. The most common USDA zones are 8b (70 counties), 9a (41 counties), 8a (41 counties).
When to plant in Georgia
- When to plant tomatoes
- When to plant peppers
- When to plant potatoes
- When to plant sweet potatoes
- When to plant sweet corn
- When to plant green beans
- When to plant lima beans
- When to plant peas
- When to plant southern peas
- When to plant cucumbers
- When to plant squash
- When to plant winter squash
- When to plant pumpkins
- When to plant watermelon
- When to plant cantaloupe
- When to plant okra
- When to plant eggplant
- When to plant lettuce
- When to plant spinach
- When to plant kale
- When to plant collard greens
- When to plant mustard greens
- When to plant turnips
- When to plant cabbage
- When to plant broccoli
- When to plant cauliflower
- When to plant carrots
- When to plant beets
- When to plant radishes
- When to plant onions
- When to plant asparagus
Georgia counties
- Appling CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 17
- Atkinson CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
- Bacon CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Baker CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 11
- Baldwin CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 25
- Banks CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Barrow CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 3
- Bartow CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 11
- Ben Hill CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
- Berrien CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Bibb CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Bleckley CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
- Brantley CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 25
- Brooks CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Bryan CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
- Bulloch CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 7
- Burke CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Butts CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Calhoun CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 11
- Camden CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 14
- Candler CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 2
- Carroll CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 28
- Catoosa CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 6
- Charlton CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 26
- Chatham CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
- Chattahoochee CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Chattooga CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 7
- Cherokee CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
- Clarke CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 23
- Clay CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
- Clayton CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 25
- Clinch CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Cobb CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
- Coffee CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
- Colquitt CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
- Columbia CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 27
- Cook CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
- Coweta CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 3
- Crawford CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Crisp CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
- Dade CountyZone 7b, last frost Mar 25
- Dawson CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 4
- DeKalb CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 25
- Decatur CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 14
- Dodge CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 5
- Dooly CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
- Dougherty CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 8
- Douglas CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
- Early CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
- Echols CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Effingham CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
- Elbert CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 6
- Emanuel CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Evans CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 9
- Fannin CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 26
- Fayette CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 26
- Floyd CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
- Forsyth CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 4
- Franklin CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 23
- Fulton CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 24
- Gilmer CountyZone 7b, last frost Mar 31
- Glascock CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 29
- Glynn CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 8
- Gordon CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
- Grady CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Greene CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 27
- Gwinnett CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 25
- Habersham CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 11
- Hall CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
- Hancock CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 25
- Haralson CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 28
- Harris CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Hart CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
- Heard CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
- Henry CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Houston CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 11
- Irwin CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
- Jackson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 31
- Jasper CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 4
- Jeff Davis CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 12
- Jefferson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 25
- Jenkins CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
- Johnson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Jones CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 25
- Lamar CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
- Lanier CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Laurens CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 14
- Lee CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
- Liberty CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
- Lincoln CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 28
- Long CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
- Lowndes CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
- Lumpkin CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 14
- Macon CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
- Madison CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 29
- Marion CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 1
- McDuffie CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 27
- McIntosh CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 20
- Meriwether CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Miller CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
- Mitchell CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 10
- Monroe CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 23
- Montgomery CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
- Morgan CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 24
- Murray CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
- Muscogee CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Newton CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 22
- Oconee CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 24
- Oglethorpe CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Paulding CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
- Peach CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 11
- Pickens CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Pierce CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 15
- Pike CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
- Polk CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 30
- Pulaski CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
- Putnam CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 25
- Quitman CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
- Rabun CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 10
- Randolph CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Richmond CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 23
- Rockdale CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 22
- Schley CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
- Screven CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 14
- Seminole CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
- Spalding CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
- Stephens CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 23
- Stewart CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 1
- Sumter CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
- Talbot CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 1
- Taliaferro CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 27
- Tattnall CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 9
- Taylor CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 1
- Telfair CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
- Terrell CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
- Thomas CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Tift CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Toombs CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 15
- Towns CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 26
- Treutlen CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
- Troup CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
- Turner CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
- Twiggs CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 11
- Union CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 26
- Upson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 23
- Walker CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 25
- Walton CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 3
- Ware CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 15
- Warren CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 29
- Washington CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 19
- Wayne CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 24
- Webster CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
- Wheeler CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
- White CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 7
- Whitfield CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
- Wilcox CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
- Wilkes CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 22
- Wilkinson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
- Worth CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
Georgia at a glance
When to plant in Georgia: crop by crop
Planting dates for each crop in Georgia, from the UGA Cooperative Extension calendar.
Kale
Spinach
Cabbage
Sweet Potatoes
Lima Beans
Southern Peas
Winter Squash
Cantaloupe
Eggplant
Collard Greens
Mustard Greens
Turnips
Cauliflower
Beets
Radishes
AsparagusGeorgia gardening questions
What is the average last frost date in Georgia?
From Feb 8 in Glynn County to Apr 26 in Fannin County, using the NOAA 1991-2020 50% dates.
What planting zone is Georgia in?
Georgia spans zones 7b to 9a on the USDA 2023 map.
What should I plant this week in Georgia?
The Georgia what to plant now page lists the open windows for your county.
What are the sources?
Frost dates are NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals, zones are the USDA ARS 2023 map, and planting dates come from UGA Cooperative Extension.
Photos: Farm pond and fenced pasture beside State Route 315 in Talbot County: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr; Evening sky over the wooded Flint River valley at Sprewell Bluff: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Bare granite outcrop edged with pines and hardwoods at Panola Mountain State Park: Thomson M, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Young pecan orchard planted in long rows in Peach County seen from above: USDAgov, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Flickr; Round cotton modules lined up along a field edge against pines in Coffee County: muffinn, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Ripe red tomatoes on the vine: Softeis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Pepper plant in a kitchen garden loaded with green, yellow and red peppers: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Potato plants growing in a home garden: Geo Lightspeed7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Rows of sweet corn in a field: Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Clusters of long green bean pods hanging from a climbing bean vine: Nirajan_pant, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Cucumber plants growing in a greenhouse bed: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Zucchini plant with a yellow flower: net_efekt from Oxford, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Young lettuce plant in garden soil: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Long rows of green onion plants growing in sandy farm soil: ליזי שאנן, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons; Pea plants growing up supports in a garden: Kolforn (Kolforn), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Young watermelon plant in a garden: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons; Harvested pumpkins and squash in a garden: Lolailand, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Green broccoli head growing in the center of a leafy plant: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Rows of carrots growing between rye windbreak strips in a farm field: Photo by Fred Gasper, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Okra plant with pods: Pallav.journo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Kale leaves covered in frost: Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Close view of a spinach plant with crinkled dark green leaves in soil: Алексей Тараканов, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Cabbage heads forming among broad outer leaves in a garden plot: SuSanA Secretariat, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Sweet potato vines covering the ground: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Lima bean seeds: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Dried black-eyed peas: Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Harvested butternut squash, one cut open: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Cantaloupe vine with flowers: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Eggplant flower and fruit on the plant: Elmer Centeno Guevarra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Bundle of collard greens: Evan-Amos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Mustard plant (Brassica juncea) in flower: Dr.S.Soundarapandian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; White turnip roots swelling above the soil under leafy green tops: Miya, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Creamy white cauliflower head growing among large blue-green leaves: Edukeralam,( Navaneeth Krishnan S), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Red beets growing in a field with some roots pulled and cut open: Arn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Red radish root peeking from dark garden soil beneath green leaves: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Rows of feathery asparagus ferns in a commercial asparagus field: User:Morri362, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Curly kale leaves coated in white frost crystals in a community garden bed: Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Young eggplant seedlings sprouting in a seed tray inside a greenhouse: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Wicker basket of ripe red and orange tomatoes among tomato plants: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Rows of apple trees in white blossom along a grassy orchard alley: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.