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Montana Vegetable Planting Calendar

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

Choose Your ZoneView Planting Schedules
USDA Zones 3–6Select the Montana zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingShort seasons, elevation, and valley inversions can shift planting dates significantly across Montana
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Plan around local weather

Montana City Planting Calendars

Choose the nearest city calendar, then adjust for elevation, valley cold pockets, wind exposure, and current weather.

AnacondaDeer Lodge County · USDA Zones 4bLast frost May 30 · First frost September 10BelgradeGallatin County · USDA Zones 4b–5aLast frost May 25 · First frost September 15BillingsYellowstone County · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 15 · First frost September 25BozemanGallatin County · USDA Zones 4b–5aLast frost May 25 · First frost September 15ButteSilver Bow County · USDA Zones 4aLast frost May 30 · First frost September 10Great FallsCascade County · USDA Zones 4b–5aLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20HavreHill County · USDA Zones 4bLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20HelenaLewis and Clark County · USDA Zones 5bLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20KalispellFlathead County · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20MissoulaMissoula County · USDA Zones 5b–6aLast frost May 20 · First frost September 20

Montana planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, or Zone 6 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Montana planting schedule.

Zone 3 Planting Schedule

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

Reference: Montana State University Extension home vegetable gardening guidance. Hardy crops may be planted two to three weeks before the local average last frost, while warm-season crops should wait until frost danger has passed.