What to plant in Winter
A season guide to what goes in the ground across December, January, February — 153 crops to start indoors, sow, transplant, or harvest. Timings are for a representative mid-US climate (zone 6b); your exact dates depend on your hardiness zone and frost dates.
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December
A quiet planting month in most of the country.
January
February
Start indoors
- Agastache
- Alpine Strawberry
- Angel Wing Begonia
- Angelica
- Arabis
- Armeria
- Arroyo Lupine
- Arugula
- Asclepias
- Asparagus Fern
- Aster
- Basket of Gold
- Bee Balm
- Beet
- Begonia
- Bishop's Flower
- Bok Choy
- Bolivian Begonia
- Broccoli
- Broccoli Raab
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Cabbage Microgreens
- California Bluebell
- Campanula
- Canterbury Bells
- Cardoon
- Catnip
- Cauliflower
- China Aster
- Chinese Broccoli
- Chinese Cabbage
- Chinese Forget-Me-Not
- Chive
- Clasping Coneflower
- Coast Rock Cress
- Collard
- Columbine
- Corn Poppy
- Cottage Pink
- Creeping Thyme
- Delphinium
- Dracaena
- Dusty Miller
- Echinacea
- English Daisy
- European Columbine
- Evening Primrose
- Flowering Cabbage
- Flowering Kale
- Foxglove
- Garlic Chives
- Geranium
- Geum
- Hamburg Parsley
- Hartweg Lupine
- Heliotrope
- Heuchera
- Hollyhock
- Horehound
- Hybrid Columbine
- Hybrid Coneflower
- Hyssop
- Iberis
- Iceland Poppy
- Ivy Geranium
- Japanese Mugwort
- Johnny Jump-Up
- Kale
- Kale Microgreens
- Kniphofia
- Kohlrabi
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis
- Large-Flowered Evening Primrose
- Larkspur
- Lavatera
- Lavender
- Lemon Balm
- Lemon Mint
- Liatris
- Linaria
- Lovage
- Lunaria
- Lupine
- Malva
- Mexican Hat
- Milkweed (Common)
- Milkweed (Tropical)
- Myosotis
- New England Aster
- Oregano
- Oregano (Greek)
- Oregano Microgreens
- Oriental Poppy
- Ox-Eye Daisy
- Painted Sage
- Palace Purple Heuchera
- Pansy
- Parsley
- Parsley Microgreens
- Pennyroyal Mint
- Penstemon
- Pepper (Habanero)
- Pepper (Sweet & Hot)
- Phlox
- Plains Coreopsis
- Rocket Candytuft
- Rocky Mountain Penstemon
- Roman Chamomile
- Romanesco Broccoli
- Rue
- Russian Kale
- Russian Kale Microgreens
- Russian Sage
- Rutabaga
- Sage
- Salad Burnet
- Savory
- Shasta Daisy
- Sheep Sorrel
- Sheep Sorrel Microgreens
- Showy Evening Primrose
- Siberian Kale
- Smooth Aster
- Snapdragon
- Soapwort
- Sprenger Fern
- Stock Flower
- Sundial Lupine
- Sweet Pea
- Sweet Woodruff
- Tansy
- Tarragon
- Tat Soi
- Texas Bluebonnet
- Thyme
- Turnip
- Veined Catmint
- Veronica
- Viola
- Wax Begonia
- Wormwood
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Timings are computed from NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals for a representative mid-US location using the same engine as GardenDraft’s in-app schedule. They are guidance, not guarantees — your exact dates depend on your address.