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Illinois Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Illinois 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 5–7Select the Illinois zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingNorthern Illinois generally plants about two weeks later than central Illinois; southern Illinois about two weeks earlier
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Illinois city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

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

Arlington HeightsLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 AuroraLast frost May 1 · First frost October 15 BloomingtonLast frost April 20 · First frost October 15 BolingbrookLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 ChampaignLast frost April 20 · First frost October 15 ChicagoLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 CiceroLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 DecaturLast frost April 15 · First frost October 20 Des PlainesLast frost April 30 · First frost October 20 ElginLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 EvanstonLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 JolietLast frost May 1 · First frost October 15 NapervilleLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 PalatineLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 PeoriaLast frost April 20 · First frost October 15 RockfordLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 SchaumburgLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 SkokieLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 SpringfieldLast frost April 15 · First frost October 20 WaukeganLast frost April 30 · First frost October 20

Illinois planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 5, 6, or 7 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Illinois planting schedule.

Zone 5 Planting Schedule

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

Reference: University of Illinois Extension 2025 When to Plant guidance and northern, central, and southern Illinois planting-date tables. Warm-season crops end before fall frost risk; fall windows are reserved for suitable successions and cool-season vegetables.