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Missouri Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Missouri 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 Missouri zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingNorthern Missouri plants later than central and southern Missouri; higher Ozark elevations should use northern timing
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Missouri city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

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

Blue SpringsLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 Cape GirardeauLast frost April 10 · First frost October 30 ChesterfieldLast frost April 10 · First frost October 30 ColumbiaLast frost April 15 · First frost October 20 FlorissantLast frost April 10 · First frost October 30 IndependenceLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 Jefferson CityLast frost April 15 · First frost October 20 JoplinLast frost April 10 · First frost October 25 Kansas CityLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 Lee's SummitLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 LibertyLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 O'FallonLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 SpringfieldLast frost April 20 · First frost October 20 St. CharlesLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 St. JosephLast frost April 20 · First frost October 15 St. LouisLast frost April 10 · First frost October 30 St. PetersLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 University CityLast frost April 10 · First frost October 30 WentzvilleLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 WildwoodLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25

Missouri planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 5, 6, or 7 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Missouri 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 Missouri Cooperative Extension G6201 and G6570 planting calendars. City pages account for southern, central and northern Missouri planting regions.