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Texas Gardening by County

Frost dates, planting zones and planting calendars for all 254 Texas counties. The last spring frost ranges from Jan 8 (Cameron County) to Apr 28 (Hartley County), and USDA zones run from 6b to 10b.

Photo: Glowing storm clouds over the flat West Texas plains. objectfox, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

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Texas frost dates

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What to plant now in Texas

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Texas planting calendar

Crop planting dates by county, based on Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

Texas planting zone map

County zones and zone ranges from the USDA 2023 map.

Texas lawn care calendar: lawn seeding and feeding months from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension publications.

Texas invasive plants: banned plants and noxious weeds from state rules.

Texas native plants: native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses from official lists.

Panhandle prairie stretching to the horizon near Amarillo

Texas climate for gardeners

In a typical year Hartley County gets 170 days between freezes and Cameron County gets 365. Fall gardens end first in Lipscomb County (first frost about Oct 15) and last in Galveston County (about Jan 7).

The planting dates are tied to frost dates, so each Texas county gets its own dates worked out from its NOAA 50% last and first frost.

Each county is matched to the nearest of 249 NOAA stations with a complete 30-year record. The most common USDA zones are 8a (71 counties), 8b (69 counties), 9a (50 counties).

When to plant in Texas

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 swiss chard
When to plant cabbage
When to plant broccoli
When to plant cauliflower
When to plant brussels sprouts
When to plant kohlrabi
When to plant carrots
When to plant beets
When to plant radishes
When to plant onions
When to plant garlic
When to plant asparagus
When to plant parsley

Texas counties

Anderson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 23
Andrews CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 18
Angelina CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 11
Aransas CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 23
Archer CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 25
Armstrong CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 19
Atascosa CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 27
Austin CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 28
Bailey CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 25
Bandera CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 16
Bastrop CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 12
Baylor CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 30
Bee CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 17
Bell CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 14
Bexar CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 25
Blanco CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 22
Borden CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
Bosque CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Bowie CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 26
Brazoria CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 29
Brazos CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 27
Brewster CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 5
Briscoe CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 13
Brooks CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 25
Brown CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 22
Burleson CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 18
Burnet CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Caldwell CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
Calhoun CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 4
Callahan CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
Cameron CountyZone 10a, last frost Jan 8
Camp CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 24
Carson CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 15
Cass CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 19
Castro CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 22
Chambers CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 12
Cherokee CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 7
Childress CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 3
Clay CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
Cochran CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 11
Coke CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 26
Coleman CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 14
Collin CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 17
Collingsworth CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 1
Colorado CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 9
Comal CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 1
Comanche CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
Concho CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 5
Cooke CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 19
Coryell CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 19
Cottle CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 30
Crane CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 16
Crockett CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 21
Crosby CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 5
Culberson CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
Dallam CountyZone 6b, last frost Apr 21
Dallas CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 2
Dawson CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 4
DeWitt CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
Deaf Smith CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 17
Delta CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
Denton CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
Dickens CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 6
Dimmit CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
Donley CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 14
Duval CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 20
Eastland CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 30
Ector CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 14
Edwards CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 8
El Paso CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 2
Ellis CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 16
Erath CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 29
Falls CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
Fannin CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 16
Fayette CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 4
Fisher CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 17
Floyd CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 7
Foard CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
Fort Bend CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 15
Franklin CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Freestone CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 16
Frio CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 16
Gaines CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
Galveston CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 18
Garza CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
Gillespie CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
Glasscock CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
Goliad CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 25
Gonzales CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 26
Gray CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 14
Grayson CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 14
Gregg CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 16
Grimes CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 7
Guadalupe CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 1
Hale CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 11
Hall CountyZone 7b, last frost Mar 31
Hamilton CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Hansford CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 21
Hardeman CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 4
Hardin CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 25
Harris CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 13
Harrison CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
Hartley CountyZone 6b, last frost Apr 28
Haskell CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 28
Hays CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 17
Hemphill CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 16
Henderson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
Hidalgo CountyZone 10a, last frost Jan 8
Hill CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 21
Hockley CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 9
Hood CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 24
Hopkins CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Houston CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
Howard CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
Hudspeth CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 13
Hunt CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
Hutchinson CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 6
Irion CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 9
Jack CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 28
Jackson CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 1
Jasper CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 9
Jeff Davis CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 16
Jefferson CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 14
Jim Hogg CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 4
Jim Wells CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 29
Johnson CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 17
Jones CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
Karnes CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 16
Kaufman CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 16
Kendall CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Kenedy CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 22
Kent CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
Kerr CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 3
Kimble CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 25
King CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 4
Kinney CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
Kleberg CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 3
Knox CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 28
La Salle CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 11
Lamar CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 14
Lamb CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 6
Lampasas CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 22
Lavaca CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 17
Lee CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 5
Leon CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
Liberty CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 21
Limestone CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
Lipscomb CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 27
Live Oak CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 8
Llano CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
Loving CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 26
Lubbock CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 4
Lynn CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
Madison CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 16
Marion CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
Martin CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 26
Mason CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
Matagorda CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 5
Maverick CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 19
McCulloch CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 14
McLennan CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 9
McMullen CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 13
Medina CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 28
Menard CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 7
Midland CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 18
Milam CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
Mills CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 23
Mitchell CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 4
Montague CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 24
Montgomery CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 24
Moore CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 21
Morris CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 8
Motley CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 5
Nacogdoches CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
Navarro CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 7
Newton CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 9
Nolan CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 30
Nueces CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 31
Ochiltree CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 14
Oldham CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 19
Orange CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 28
Palo Pinto CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 23
Panola CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 8
Parker CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 25
Parmer CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 22
Pecos CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 8
Polk CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 1
Potter CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 13
Presidio CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 14
Rains CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 20
Randall CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 15
Reagan CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
Real CountyZone 8b, last frost Apr 5
Red River CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
Reeves CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 18
Refugio CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 27
Roberts CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 16
Robertson CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 28
Rockwall CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 10
Runnels CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 22
Rusk CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 15
Sabine CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 1
San Augustine CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 18
San Jacinto CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 7
San Patricio CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 1
San Saba CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 16
Schleicher CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 22
Scurry CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
Shackelford CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 30
Shelby CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 13
Sherman CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 21
Smith CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 7
Somervell CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 28
Starr CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 31
Stephens CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 4
Sterling CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 31
Stonewall CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 29
Sutton CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
Swisher CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 18
Tarrant CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 10
Taylor CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 2
Terrell CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 1
Terry CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 3
Throckmorton CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 29
Titus CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 24
Tom Green CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
Travis CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 10
Trinity CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
Tyler CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 9
Upshur CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 26
Upton CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 12
Uvalde CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 12
Val Verde CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 10
Van Zandt CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 11
Victoria CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 4
Walker CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
Waller CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 28
Ward CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 3
Washington CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 2
Webb CountyZone 9b, last frost Feb 21
Wharton CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 23
Wheeler CountyZone 7a, last frost Apr 9
Wichita CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 26
Wilbarger CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 27
Willacy CountyZone 10a, last frost Jan 12
Williamson CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
Wilson CountyZone 9a, last frost Mar 6
Winkler CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 26
Wise CountyZone 8a, last frost Mar 20
Wood CountyZone 8b, last frost Mar 7
Yoakum CountyZone 7b, last frost Apr 11
Young CountyZone 8a, last frost Apr 1
Zapata CountyZone 9b, last frost Jan 19
Zavala CountyZone 9a, last frost Feb 10

Texas at a glance

254Counties

6b to 10bUSDA zones

36Crops with dates

Texas A&M AgriLife ExtensionExtension source

When to plant in Texas: crop by crop

Planting dates for each crop in Texas, from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension calendar.

Tomatoes

Peppers

Potatoes

Sweet Corn

Green Beans

Cucumbers

Squash

Lettuce

Onions

Garlic

Peas

Watermelon

Pumpkins

Broccoli

Carrots

Okra

Kale

Spinach

Cabbage

Sweet Potatoes

Lima Beans

Southern Peas

Winter Squash

Cantaloupe

Eggplant

Collard Greens

Mustard Greens

Turnips

Swiss Chard

Cauliflower

Brussels Sprouts

Kohlrabi

Beets

Radishes

Asparagus

Parsley

Texas gardening questions

When does frost season end in Texas?

It depends on the county: Jan 8 in Cameron County, Apr 28 in Hartley County (NOAA normals).

Which hardiness zone is Texas?

Zones 6b to 10b, by the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

Is it too late to plant in Texas?

Check this week’s Texas planting list; it changes with the date.

Which data is this based on?

The site uses NOAA climate normals, the 2023 USDA zone map and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension publications, linked under each table.

Red dolomite ridge above the Canadian River breaks near Lake Meredith

Photos: Glowing storm clouds over the flat West Texas plains: objectfox, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Red dolomite ridge above the Canadian River breaks near Lake Meredith: roy.luck, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Panhandle prairie stretching to the horizon near Amarillo: gurdonark, 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; Long neat rows of green potato plants stretching across a farm field: Malcolm Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Tall corn plants with golden tassels against a summer sky in a field: inkknife_2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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 vines climbing a wooden trellis in a kitchen garden: NPS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Zucchini fruit on the plant: Schlaghecken Josef, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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; Neat rows of young garlic shoots growing in dark tilled soil: Timothy A. Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Pea vines on a garden trellis with white flowers and flat green pods: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Young watermelon plant in a garden: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons; Green pumpkins growing beneath thick vines and broad leaves in a farm field: USDAgov, Public domain, 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; Garden with okra plants: Kenogenic, 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 leaves: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons; Lima bean seeds: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Field of bushy green cowpea plants growing in rows of red soil: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Butternut squash growing on the vine: Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Whole and sliced cantaloupes: USDA photo by Scott Bauer. Image Number K7355-11., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Glossy dark purple eggplant hanging from a leafy plant in a garden: U.S. Department of Agriculture Lance Cheung/Multimedia PhotoJournalist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Rows of collard greens growing in a farm field with drip irrigation lines: Jakec, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Dense bed of leafy mustard greens growing in a farm field: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; White turnip roots swelling above the soil under leafy green tops: Miya, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Red-stemmed Swiss chard plants growing in a garden bed with drip line: mercedesfromtheeighties, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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; Field of tall Brussels sprouts plants with sprouts along the stalks: Schlaghecken Josef, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Rows of young kohlrabi plants growing in a sandy farm field: AnRo0002, CC0, 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; Close view of curly parsley growing thick and bright green: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Red and green azalea leaves edged with frost crystals on an autumn morning: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Young eggplant seedlings sprouting in a seed tray inside a greenhouse: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Wooden basket of fresh carrots with green tops and red and yellow onions: Markus Spiske, CC0, 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.