Seeding Calendar
Zone 8A Seeding Calendar
Optimal planting windows for cool-season and warm-season grasses in USDA Hardiness Zone 8A.
Seeding Calendar — Zone 8A
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cool Seed (Best)
Cool Seed (OK)
Warm Seed (Best)
Warm Seed (OK)
Cool Seed (Best)
Cool Seed (OK)
Warm Seed (Best)
Warm Seed (OK)
Optimal (cool)
Acceptable (cool)
Optimal (warm)
Acceptable (warm)
Recommended Grasses for Zone 8A
Counties in Zone 8A
Calhoun County
ARLDS 17
Calhoun County
ALLDS 22
Cleburne County
ALLDS 22
Blount County
ALLDS 23
Cherokee County
ALLDS 23
Clay County
ALLDS 23
Colbert County
ALLDS 24
Cullman County
ALLDS 24
Chambers County
ALLDS 25
DeKalb County
ALLDS 25
Pickens County
ALLDS 25
Bibb County
ALLDS 26
Marshall County
ALLDS 26
Morgan County
ALLDS 26
St. Clair County
ALLDS 26
Lawrence County
ALLDS 27
Limestone County
ALLDS 27
Madison County
ALLDS 27
Lamar County
ALLDS 29
Randolph County
ALLDS 29
Talladega County
ALLDS 29
Etowah County
ALLDS 30
Jefferson County
ALLDS 30
Tallapoosa County
ALLDS 30
Coosa County
ALLDS 32
Fayette County
ALLDS 36
Walker County
ALLDS 38
Bradley County
ARLDS 38
Santa Cruz County
AZLDS 46
Greenlee County
AZLDS 48
Seeding windows are based on USDA hardiness zones and NOAA frost date data. Actual timing may vary by elevation, microclimate, and specific cultivar.