Zone planting calendar

Zone 8a Planting Calendar

Zone 8a opens a longer warm season than zone 7, with more room for figs, pomegranates, muscadines, warm vegetables, and fall planting.

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Zone fits
440
Plant forms
23
Timing cues
440
Low water
108

How to use this page

Start here, then verify your exact ZIP.

These pages are generated from Plant by ZIP's plant database and metric fields. They are meant to be useful zone-level guides, not duplicate pages for every ZIP code.

Use hardiness as the first gate

These plants fit USDA 8A by database range. A ZIP lookup still matters because county, elevation, coast, and city heat can move frost risk.

Check the season window

For planting calendars, Plant by ZIP uses practical frost-window heuristics. Soil temperature and the 10-day forecast still decide the exact day.

Use profile data before buying

Open plant profiles for spacing, container minimums, first output, water needs, relationship cards, and sourced metric notes.

Database-backed picks

Sorted by hardiness fit, sourced planning data, water practicality, and relevance to this page's intent.

Fruit tree

Arbequina olive

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

olives mature in fall Full
Berry shrub

Askola seaberry

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

orange berries in late summer Full
Fruit shrub

Coolidge pineapple guava

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / 2-4 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

aromatic green fruit in fall Full/Partial
Fruit tree

LSU Purple fig

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / 1-3 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens from summer into fall Full
Fruit tree

Mission olive

Zones 8a-10a / Low water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

olives mature in fall Full
Fruit shrub

Nikita pineapple guava

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / 2-4 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

sweet aromatic fruit in fall Full/Partial
Berry shrub

Orange Energy seaberry

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

orange berries in late summer Full
Fruit shrub

Parfianka pomegranate

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / 3 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

red fruit in fall Full
Fruit shrub

Wonderful pomegranate

Zones 8a-10b / Low water / 3 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in fall Full
Berry shrub

Carmine goumi berry

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / 2-4 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

scarlet berries ripen in late spring Full/Partial
Nut tree

Hall Hardy almond

Zones 5b-8b / Low water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

nuts mature in late summer Full
Berry shrub

Jewel goumi berry

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / 2-4 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

speckled red berries in late spring Full/Partial
Berry shrub

Red Gem goumi berry

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

red berries ripen in late spring Full/Partial
Berry shrub

Sweet Scarlet goumi

Zones 4b-8b / Low water / 2-4 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

berries ripen in late spring Full/Partial
Fruit tree

White Genoa fig

Zones 7b-10b / Low water / 1-3 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in summer to early fall Full
Berry cane

Anne yellow raspberry

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / 1-2 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

fall primocane crop Full
Fruit tree

Balaton tart cherry

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / 3-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in midsummer Full
Fruit tree

Bing sweet cherry

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / 4-7 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in early summer Full
Fruit tree

BlackGold sweet cherry

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / 4-7 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in midsummer Full
Fruit shrub

Carmine Jewel bush cherry

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / 2-4 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

dark tart cherries in midsummer Full
Berry cane

Caroline red raspberry

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / 1-2 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

large fall crop Full
Fruit shrub

Chilean guava

Zones 8a-10a / Medium water / 0-1 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

small fragrant berries in fall Partial/Full
Grape vine

Concord grape

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / 3 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in late summer Full
Fruit tree

Damson plum

Zones 4b-8a / Medium water / 4-5 yrs / Plant dormant or nursery stock in fall through spring, avoiding frozen soil and summer stress.

ripens in late summer Full

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