Central Arizona Planting Guide 2016
This will help you plant your Arizona garden, plants and trees. The dates can be within a week before or after as a general rule of thumb. Our knowledgeable staff is always happy to answer any specific questions you have.
| April | |
| 4 | Snap Beans |
| Cantaloupe- last chance | |
| 11 | Edemame- edible soy beans |
| Eggplant, Okra | |
| Watermelon | |
| Summer Squash | |
| 18 | Sweet Potatoes, Radishes, Summer Squash |
| Cosmos, Sunflowers | |
| Basil | |
| May | |
| 2 | Watermelon seed |
| Okra-Clemson (soak seed 12 hours) | |
| 9 | Sage culinary |
| 16 | Sunflowers, Geraniums |
| 30 | Memorial Day Salvia |
| Upgrade Fig Trees | |
| June | |
| 6 | Sunflowers |
| Celosia | |
| Salvia | |
| Corn- Mexican June | |
| 23 | Zinnia |
| July | |
| 4 | Watermelon- Charleston Gray |
| Pumpkins | |
| Sunflowers | |
| 17 | Winter Squash |
| Butternut Squash | |
| Acorn Squash | |
| Sweet Corn | |
| Golden Cross Corn | |
| Bantam Corn | |
| 25 | Cantaloupe- Hale’s Best |
| Indian Corn | |
| Pinto Beans | |
| Squash | |
| Zucchini (fall crop) | |
| Peppers | |
| August | |
| 1 | Snap Beans |
| Cucumbers- Lemon (one crop before frost) | |
| 8 | Cauliflower- Snowball (seed indoors) |
| 20 | Peas- Fall |
| September | |
| 5 | Radishes |
| Carrots | |
| Lettuces | |
| Endives | |
| Green Onions | |
| Arugula | |
| Fennel | |
| 12 | Broccoli (T) |
| 19 | Leeks |
| Sugar Snap Peas | |
| Scarlet Globe Radishes | |
| 26 | Iris- bulbs, other winter growing bulbs |
| Hollyhocks | |
| Potatoes | |
| October | |
| 6 | Beets- Early Wonder |
| Turnips | |
| Kohlrabi | |
| 13 | Garlic- Clovers (double row) |
| Wildflowers | |
| Poppies | |
| Hollyhocks | |
| Calendula | |
| Bachelor Buttons | |
| 20 | Broccoli (T) |
| Cabbage | |
| Cauliflower (T) | |
| Lettuces | |
| Radishes | |
| Radichio | |
| 27 | Onions- short type |
| Spinach | |
| Greenhouse Tomatoes | |
| Garlic- last set or cloves | |
| Swish Chard | |
| Chinese Cabbage (Bok Choy) | |
| Rutabaga | |
| Green Duke Broccoli (T) | |
| Jade Cross Brussel Sprouts | |
| Carrots | |
| November | |
| 17 | Sequoia Strawberries |
| Purple Top Turnips | |
| Bloomsdale Spinach | |
| 24 | Snowball Cauliflower (T) |
| Parsely | |
| Cilantro | |
| Dill | |
| Fennel | |
| Texas Ranger | |
| Sophora | |
| December | |
| 1 | Detroit Dark Red Beets |
| 8 | Spinach Lettuces |
| 15 | Carrots |
| Cauliflower | |
| 2016 Schedule | |
| January | |
| 12 | Detroit Dark Red Beets (T & S) |
| Lettuces | |
| Carrots | |
| Swiss Chard | |
| Turnips | |
| 19 | Bareroot Trees: |
| Apples | |
| Apricots | |
| Peaches | |
| Plums | |
| Pecan | |
| Almond | |
| Walnut | |
| Ash | |
| Nectarines | |
| Fig | |
| Pomegranate | |
| Mustards | |
| Spinach | |
| Green Onion | |
| Kohlarbi | |
| February | |
| 9 | Hot Cap Peppers |
| Tomatoes | |
| 16 | Eggplant |
| Sugar Baby Watermelon | |
| Onion sets | |
| Radishes | |
| Lettuces | |
| 23 | Sundance Sweet Corn |
| Lima Beans | |
| Spinach | |
| Globe Artichoke | |
| Arugula | |
| Cantaloupe | |
| Sunflower | |
| March | |
| 2 | Eggplant |
| Big Jim Peppers | |
| Tomatoes | |
| Radishes | |
| Winter Squash | |
| Summer Squash | |
| 9 | Cucumbers |
| Jicama | |
| Green Onions | |
| Pumpkins | |
| Snap Beans | |
| Watermelon (T & S) | |
| 16 | Okra |
| Carrots | |
| Lettuces | |
| 23 | Sweet Potato |
| Fig Trees | |
| Lime Trees | |
| Sunflower | |
| Basil | |
The Avocado Nursery 
Brand new, have so much to learn.
Hi, when should I start gold yarrow outdoors from seed? Is this easier to transplant in Casa Grande and if so when will this plant be available? Second question, when should I transplant my Karl Forster grass (4″ tall). Thank you
Best to start seed yarrow is mid-february to end of March. We can check at that time too if any of our suppliers carry the small transplants.
Do you carry a Kalanchoe Flapjacks Succulent or know where I can get a plant? Thank You!
Small 1 gallon size $14.99