When to plant fruit trees and berries, counted from the frost dates and winter cold of your own ZIP code.
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Plant dormant bare-root fruit trees as soon as the soil thaws and before the buds open; in mild winters plant in December to February. Dates for 29 cities and USDA zones 3 to 10.
Fruit plants are long-lived, so timing a planting well matters more than for a vegetable you replace every year. Bare-root trees go in while dormant, before buds open; container and balled trees can go in fall while the air is still mild; and hardiness zone decides whether a variety survives your winters at all.
When to plant fruit trees turns extension calendars into start and end dates for 29 cities and for every US ZIP code, using NOAA 1991–2020 normals and USDA zones, and it shows where our estimate and published state calendars differ. For soft fruit, see when to plant strawberries.
Look up your own zone with Planting Zone by ZIP Code and your frost dates with Frost Dates by ZIP Code. More fruit guides are added here as they are reviewed.
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