Zone 12 Planting Calendar (2026)
Zone 12 is frost-free — build a year-round chart of what to sow, transplant, and harvest each month, then print it.
How to read this calendar
Each crop you select gets a row across all twelve months. SI (light green) means sow indoors — start seeds inside ahead of the season. S (dark green) means sow outdoors, directly in garden soil. T (amber) means transplant your indoor starts into the garden. H marks harvest months. With no frost in Zone 12, the pattern follows heat and rainfall — most temperate crops run through the cooler months, and midsummer favors the heat lovers.
Pick your crops5 selected
Vegetables
Herbs
Flowers
Your crop-by-crop timing
- Carrots: sow outdoors Sep, Dec
- Lettuce: sow outdoors Oct, Dec, harvest Jan
- Peppers: start indoors Nov, transplant Jan, harvest Apr
- Tomatoes: start indoors Dec, transplant Jan, harvest Apr
- Basil: start indoors Dec, transplant Jan
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Zone 12 calendar questions
Does Zone 12 really have no frost?＋
Frost is essentially unknown in Zone 12, so the calendar isn't shaped by freeze dates. Instead, heat and rainfall set the rhythm: the cooler months carry the temperate vegetables, and midsummer belongs to heat lovers.
When should I plant vegetables in Zone 12?＋
Most familiar vegetables — tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, brassicas — do their best work in Zone 12's cooler window, roughly October through April. The chart above shows the exact months per crop; use midsummer for okra, sweet potatoes, and other tropical growers, or to rest and rebuild beds.
How do I print this planting calendar?＋
Check off the crops you grow, then hit “Print my calendar.” The print view hides everything except the chart itself, plus a title line — so what comes out of the printer is a clean, one-page Jan–Dec planting chart for your garden.
Why do these months differ from my seed packet?＋
Seed packets print one generic range for the whole country. This chart is computed for Zone 12 specifically, from its average frost dates — the same engine behind our month-by-month zone guides. When the two disagree, trust the zone-specific timing and confirm against your local forecast.
Will my crop selection be saved?＋
Yes — your checked crops are stored in your browser automatically (nothing is sent to a server). Come back next month and your calendar is exactly as you left it, on the same device.