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Louisiana Planting Calendar

Louisiana spans USDA hardiness zones 8a, 8b, 9a. Planting dates vary significantly across the state depending on your zone. Find your county on the map below for exact frost dates and planting windows.

Find Your County

Click any county to see your local planting calendar with exact frost dates and planting windows.

Zones in Louisiana

Growing Season Comparison

Frost Dates & Growing Season by County

View all 64 Louisiana counties with frost dates
County Zone Last Frost First Frost Growing Days
Acadia Parish 9a Feb 12 Dec 6 298
Allen Parish 8b Feb 13 Dec 7 298
Ascension Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 5 296
Assumption Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 5 296
Avoyelles Parish 8b Feb 25 Nov 26 275
Beauregard Parish 8b Mar 7 Nov 16 254
Bienville Parish 8a Mar 16 Nov 12 241
Bossier Parish 8a Mar 15 Nov 14 244
Caddo Parish 8a Mar 13 Nov 14 246
Calcasieu Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 7 298
Caldwell Parish 8b Mar 10 Nov 12 247
Cameron Parish 9a Feb 6 Dec 15 313
Catahoula Parish 8b Mar 5 Nov 16 256
Claiborne Parish 8a Mar 22 Nov 5 228
Concordia Parish 8b Mar 8 Nov 15 252
De Soto Parish 8a Mar 11 Nov 16 250
East Baton Rouge Parish 8b Feb 21 Dec 1 284
East Carroll Parish 8a Mar 9 Nov 16 252
East Feliciana Parish 8b Feb 17 Dec 2 289
Evangeline Parish 8b Feb 22 Nov 28 280
Franklin Parish 8a Mar 9 Nov 12 248
Grant Parish 8b Mar 3 Nov 19 261
Iberia Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 5 296
Iberville Parish 9a Feb 14 Dec 5 295
Jackson Parish 8a Mar 20 Nov 9 234
Jefferson Davis Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 7 298
Jefferson Parish 9a Jan 27 Dec 18 326
LaSalle Parish 8b Mar 2 Nov 19 262
Lafayette Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 5 296
Lafourche Parish 9a Jan 27 Dec 18 326
Lincoln Parish 8a Mar 22 Nov 5 228
Livingston Parish 8b Mar 5 Nov 30 270
Madison Parish 8a Mar 9 Nov 14 250
Morehouse Parish 8a Mar 9 Nov 15 251
Natchitoches Parish 8b Mar 13 Nov 12 244
Orleans Parish 9a Feb 20 Nov 23 277
Ouachita Parish 8a Mar 10 Nov 12 247
Plaquemines Parish 9b Feb 6 Dec 7 305
Pointe Coupee Parish 8b Feb 21 Nov 27 280
Rapides Parish 8b Mar 5 Nov 16 256
Red River Parish 8a Mar 8 Nov 16 253
Richland Parish 8a Mar 9 Nov 14 250
Sabine Parish 8b Mar 12 Nov 15 248
St. Bernard Parish 9a Feb 2 Dec 11 313
St. Charles Parish 9a Feb 20 Dec 1 285
St. Helena Parish 8b Mar 5 Nov 30 270
St. James Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 6 297
St. John the Baptist Parish 9a Feb 20 Dec 1 285
St. Landry Parish 8b Feb 19 Dec 1 286
St. Martin Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 5 296
St. Mary Parish 9a Feb 14 Dec 5 295
St. Tammany Parish 8b Feb 20 Nov 23 277
Tangipahoa Parish 8b Mar 4 Nov 23 264
Tensas Parish 8b Mar 9 Nov 12 248
Terrebonne Parish 9a Feb 7 Dec 8 305
Union Parish 8a Mar 22 Nov 5 228
Vermilion Parish 9a Feb 13 Dec 5 296
Vernon Parish 8b Mar 5 Nov 16 256
Washington Parish 8b Mar 11 Nov 22 256
Webster Parish 8a Mar 21 Nov 10 234
West Baton Rouge Parish 8b Feb 14 Dec 5 295
West Carroll Parish 8a Mar 11 Nov 13 247
West Feliciana Parish 8b Feb 21 Nov 26 279
Winn Parish 8b Mar 8 Nov 15 252

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Data sources: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023), NOAA 30-Year Climate Normals. Last updated: April 2026.