Garden Calendar for the Pacific
Northwest
January
Start lettuce, leeks in cold frame
Prune fruit trees
February
Plant Garlic, snow peas, fava beans
Daffodils up
Seattle Flower Show
Plant fruit trees, roses, raspberries
March
Apples bud out
Plant peas, carrots, lettuce, spinach, chard, cabbage
Plant Jerusalem Artichokes, potatoes
Daffodils bloom
Bees start flying
Still freezing
April
Daffodils and tulips bloom
Plant peas, carrots, parsely, beets, chard, lettuce, potatoes
Plant scarlet runner beans, ie Painted Lady
Plant Potatoes
Master Gardener's Sale in Seattle
Medlar Blooms
Plant new Rhododendrons
May
Plant Tomatoes, beans, beets, carrots, squash
Rhododendrons blooming.
Master Gardener's sale in Shelton
June
First roses bloom
Plant beans and peas
Put soaker hoses on roses, tomatoes and raspberries
Cut the tops off garlic
July
Harvest beans, tomatoes, squash
Mulch roses
August
Harvest garlic
Last planting of peas and beans
Plant carrots and beets
September
Turn off water to Tomatoes
Mulch Roses
Apples Ripe
Harvest Potatoes
October
Plant Garlic
Plant daffodils and tulips
First frosts
November
Plant spring bulbs, tulips and daffodils
December
Lay out new beds with hot compost