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Virginia Vegetable Planting Calendar

Choose your Virginia 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 6–8Select the Virginia zone shown for your location on the map
Elevation Changes TimingMountain gardens warm later than western and central valleys
Spring and Fall GardensCool-season crops can be grown on both sides of summer

Virginia city calendars

Find Your Local Planting Calendar

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

AlexandriaLast frost April 10 · First frost November 1 BlacksburgLast frost May 1 · First frost October 15 CharlottesvilleLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 ChesapeakeLast frost April 1 · First frost November 10 DanvilleLast frost April 10 · First frost November 1 FredericksburgLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 HamptonLast frost April 1 · First frost November 10 HarrisonburgLast frost April 30 · First frost October 15 LeesburgLast frost April 20 · First frost October 20 LynchburgLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 ManassasLast frost April 20 · First frost October 20 Newport NewsLast frost April 1 · First frost November 10 NorfolkLast frost March 25 · First frost November 15 PetersburgLast frost April 5 · First frost November 5 PortsmouthLast frost April 1 · First frost November 10 RichmondLast frost April 10 · First frost November 1 RoanokeLast frost April 15 · First frost October 25 SuffolkLast frost April 5 · First frost November 5 Virginia BeachLast frost March 25 · First frost November 15 WinchesterLast frost April 20 · First frost October 20

Virginia planting windows

Choose Your USDA Planting Zone

Select Zone 6, 7, or 8 to update both this week’s tasks and the complete Virginia planting schedule.

Zone 6 Planting Schedule

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

Reference: Virginia Cooperative Extension 426-331/SPES-673P zone-specific home vegetable planting tables. City pages adjust the audited Zone 8a baseline for local hardiness zone, frost range, elevation and coastal influence.