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Arizona Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Arizona USDA hardiness zone to see weekly garden tasks and a full-season schedule for productive spring, summer, and fall vegetable gardens.

Find Your CityView Planting Schedules
USDA Zones 4–10Select the Arizona zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingElevation separates short mountain seasons from the low desert’s spring and late-summer planting periods
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Arizona city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

Choose a city for locally adjusted frost dates and planting windows.

AvondaleLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 BuckeyeLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 Casa GrandeLast frost February 20 · First frost November 25 ChandlerLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 FlagstaffLast frost June 10 · First frost September 20 GilbertLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 GlendaleLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 GoodyearLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 Lake Havasu CityLast frost January 25 · First frost December 10 MaranaLast frost March 1 · First frost November 15 MaricopaLast frost February 20 · First frost November 25 MesaLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 PeoriaLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 PhoenixLast frost February 7 · First frost December 1 Queen CreekLast frost February 20 · First frost November 25 ScottsdaleLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 SurpriseLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 TempeLast frost February 15 · First frost December 1 TucsonLast frost March 1 · First frost November 15 YumaLast frost January 25 · First frost December 10

Arizona planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, or Zone 10 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Arizona planting schedule.

Zone 4 Planting Schedule

Start indoorsDirect sowTransplant/plant
Crop names remain visible while you swipe horizontally. The calendar opens at the current week.

Reference: University of Arizona Cooperative Extension AZ1005 and AZ1435 planting calendars. City pages account for low-desert timing and elevation differences.