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Michigan Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Michigan 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 4–6Select the Michigan zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingThe Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula warm later than southern Michigan and lakeshore sites
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Michigan city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

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

Ann ArborLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 DearbornLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 Dearborn HeightsLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 DetroitLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 Farmington HillsLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 FlintLast frost May 15 · First frost October 5 Grand RapidsLast frost May 10 · First frost October 10 KalamazooLast frost May 10 · First frost October 10 LansingLast frost May 10 · First frost October 5 LivoniaLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 NoviLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 PontiacLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 Rochester HillsLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 SouthfieldLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 Sterling HeightsLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 TaylorLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 TroyLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 WarrenLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 WestlandLast frost May 5 · First frost October 10 WyomingLast frost May 10 · First frost October 10

Michigan planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 4, 5, or 6 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Michigan 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: Michigan State University Extension Lower and Upper Peninsula Gardening Calendars. Zone 6a is the Lower Peninsula baseline; Zone 6b is about one week earlier, Zone 5b about one week later, Zone 5a about two weeks later, and Upper Peninsula timing is adjusted conservatively for the shorter season.