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Pennsylvania Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingNorthern and higher-elevation gardens warm later than southeastern Pennsylvania
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Pennsylvania city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

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

AllentownLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 AltoonaLast frost May 10 · First frost October 10 Bethel ParkLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 BethlehemLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 ChesterLast frost April 20 · First frost October 25 EastonLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 ErieLast frost May 10 · First frost October 15 HarrisburgLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 HazletonLast frost May 15 · First frost October 5 LancasterLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 Mount LebanonLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 NorristownLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20 Penn HillsLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 PhiladelphiaLast frost April 20 · First frost October 28 PittsburghLast frost May 5 · First frost October 15 ReadingLast frost May 1 · First frost October 20 ScrantonLast frost May 10 · First frost October 10 State CollegeLast frost May 15 · First frost October 5 Wilkes-BarreLast frost May 10 · First frost October 10 YorkLast frost April 25 · First frost October 20

Pennsylvania planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 5, 6, or 7 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Pennsylvania 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: Penn State Extension vegetable planting and transplanting guidance, Pennsylvania frost-date ranges, and fall-vegetable timing. Warm-season and cool-season windows are separated, with local frost and elevation adjustments.