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Planting Calendar by ZIP Code

Start with the live ZIP calendar, then browse plants that already have timing, first-output, and harvest-window data in Plant by ZIP.

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Sorted by sourced planning data, fit signals, and practical usefulness. Use a ZIP lookup before buying, especially near a plant's zone edge.

Fruit shrub

Regent serviceberry

Zones 2b-7b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative edible berriesspring flowers
Fruit shrub

Carmine Jewel bush cherry

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 2-4 yrs / 8-25 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colordwarf sour cherrycold-hardy prairie breeding
Berry shrub

York elderberry

Zones 3a-8b / High water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 4-15 lb/plant/year

Privacy & screeningFruitproductive American elderberrypairs with Adams
Berry shrub

Adams elderberry

Zones 3b-8b / High water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 4-15 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative shrubpollinator flowers
Berry shrub

Wyldewood elderberry

Zones 3b-8b / High water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 4-15 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifeproductive American elderberrybeneficial flowers
Nut shrub

American hazelnut

Zones 4a-8b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 3-5 yrs / 2-8 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative thicket shrubwildlife cover
Fruit shrub

Chickasaw plum

Zones 5a-9b / Low water / Full sun / 4-5 yrs / 75-120 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative thicket-formerearly pollinator flowers
Fruit vine

Maypop passionfruit

Zones 6a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-3 yrs / 1.6-10.8 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative passionflowerhost plant for butterflies
Berry perennial

Pilgrim cranberry

Zones 2a-7a / High water / Full sun / 2-4 yrs / 0.3-1 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative low-growing evergreenneeds acidic wet soil
Fruit shrub

Nanking cherry

Zones 2b-7b / Low water / Full sun / 2-4 yrs / 8-25 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy shrub cherryearly spring bloom
Ornamental shrub

Low Scape Mound chokeberry

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 3-15 lb/plant/year

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifedwarf native aroniagroundcover scale
Perennial vegetable

Sunchoke

Zones 3a-9b / Low water / Full sun / 0-1 yrs / 2-5 lb/plant/year

Vegetables & herbsPollinators & wildlifenative sunflower tubervery vigorous
Berry shrub

Viking aronia

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 3-15 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifeblack chokeberryexcellent fall color
Ornamental tree

Autumn Brilliance serviceberry

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifefour-season native treeedible fruit
Berry shrub

Black Lace elderberry

Zones 4a-8b / High water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 4-15 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colordark cutleaf foliagepink spring flowers
Fruit shrub

Cornelian cherry dogwood

Zones 4a-8b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 3-6 yrs / 15-50 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifevery early yellow bloomedible dogwood fruit
Fruit cactus

Eastern prickly pear

Zones 4a-9b / Low water / Full sun / 1-3 yrs / 2-20 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy cactusnative pollinator flowers
Fruit vine

Eastern Prince schisandra

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Partial/Shade sun / 3-5 yrs / 2-8 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorfive-flavor berryshade-tolerant vine
Berry shrub

Carmine goumi berry

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifeearly edible berryfragrant spring flowers
Berry shrub

Red Gem goumi berry

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 3-5 yrs / 40-75 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenitrogen-fixing shrubtart cherry-like berries
Berry shrub

Sweet Scarlet goumi

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenitrogen-fixing shrubfragrant flowers
Fruit tree

Shenandoah pawpaw

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 4-7 yrs / 15-40 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifelarge mild custardy fruitnative understory tree
Fruit tree

Sunflower pawpaw

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 4-7 yrs / 15-40 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifepartly self-fertile pawpawnative fruit tree
Fruit shrub

Coolidge pineapple guava

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 5-40 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & coloredible flowersevergreen silver foliage

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These pages turn the matcher database into crawlable collections without creating thin ZIP-code pages.

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Zone 7a calendar Browse database-backed planting windows, frost-aware timing notes, and useful plants for USDA zone 7a gardens. Zone 8a calendar Browse database-backed planting windows, frost-aware timing notes, and useful plants for USDA zone 8a gardens. Plant now in 7a See practical, database-backed planting ideas for zone 7a based on the current season, hardiness fit, and Plant by ZIP profile data. Fruit trees 8a Compare fruit trees, nut trees, citrus-adjacent plants, and woody edibles for USDA zone 8a using Plant by ZIP data. Native plants 7 Browse native-cue and habitat-friendly plants for USDA zone 7 gardens using Plant by ZIP hardiness, water, and profile data.