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Zone 8A — April

What to Plant in April in Zone 8A

April in Zone 8A: 0 crops to start indoors, 0 to plant or direct sow outside, and 138 entering harvest window. Last frost averages March 30. Reference city: Dallas, TX.
Updated May 13, 2026 · Frost data from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
0 Start Indoors
0 Plant Outside
138 Harvest
Frost window: Active

This is when frost can still happen in Zone 8A. The last spring frost typically lands on March 30, with a 10% chance of frost as late as April 15. Plan transplants with this window in mind.

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Start Indoors in April

No crops to start indoors in April for Zone 8A.

Plant Outside in April

No crops to plant outside in April for Zone 8A.

Harvest in April

Plant Type Planted / Sown Harvest Window
Alaska Early Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 12 – Apr 17
All Year Round lettuce Feb 22 Apr 27 – May 6
All Year Round Cauliflower brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
America lettuce Feb 22 Apr 6 – Apr 18
Black Seeded Simpson lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 9
Blonde de Paris lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 15
Blue Curled Scotch lettuce Feb 22 Apr 18 – Apr 23
Bok Choy lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 23
Bouquet Dill herb Feb 23 Apr 14 – Apr 29
Broadleaf Classic lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Burgundy Boston lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 18
Buttercrunch lettuce Feb 22 Apr 9 – Apr 18
Butterhead Lettuce lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 28
Calabrese Broccoli brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Canary Yellow lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Cascadia Sugar Snap Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 22 – Apr 24
Chinese Forget-Me-Not Flowers flower Feb 23 Apr 29 – May 19
Copenhagen Cabbage brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Curly Kale lettuce Feb 22 Apr 18 – Apr 28
Daikon Radishes root vegetable Feb 23 Apr 9 – Apr 19
Dark Green Italian Giant Parsley herb Feb 23 Apr 24 – May 9
Dark Green Romaine lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 3
Delicatesse Blue Kohlrabi brassica Feb 16 Apr 12 – Apr 17
Delicatesse White Kohlrabi brassica Feb 16 Apr 12 – Apr 17
Di Cicco Broccoli brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Dukat Dill herb Feb 23 Apr 4 – Apr 14
Dutch Lamb's Lettuce lettuce Feb 22 Apr 3 – Apr 13
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage brassica Feb 16 Apr 22 – May 2
Early Purple Broccoli brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Endive / Escarole lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 28
Florida Broadleaf lettuce Feb 22 Apr 3 – Apr 13
Fordhook Giant lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 18
French Lamb's Lettuce lettuce Feb 22 Apr 3 – Apr 13
Georgia Southern Collard Greens lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 13
Giant Red lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8
Golden Acre Cabbage brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Green Arrow Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 22 – Apr 27
Green Ice lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8
Green Wave lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8
Hot Pink lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Igloo Cauliflower brassica Feb 23 Apr 29 – May 4
Kagraner Sommer lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 21
Lacinato Kale lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – Apr 28
Leaf Lettuce Mix lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 18
Little Gem lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 19
Little Marvel Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 17 – Apr 20
Lollo Bionda lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Lollo Rossa lettuce Feb 22 Apr 16 – Apr 19
Magenta Sunset lettuce Feb 22 Apr 18 – Apr 23
Mammoth Dill herb Feb 23 Apr 9 – Apr 29
Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 25 – May 1
Marvel of Four Seasons lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 23
Matador Viking lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 11
Medium Red Clover Cover Crop cover crop Feb 23 Apr 24 – May 9
Michihili Cabbage brassica Feb 16 Apr 27
Mizuna lettuce Feb 22 Apr 3 – Apr 13
Monstrueux de Viroflay lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 13
Mâche (Corn Salad) lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 17
Noble Giant lettuce Feb 22 Apr 9 – Apr 13
Old Fashion lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 13
Orange lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 18
Oregon Giant Snow Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 27 – May 1
Oregon Sugar Pod Snow Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 17 – Apr 25
Premier lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Progress No. 9 Shelling Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 15 – Apr 19
Radicchio lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 18
Rainbow Mix lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Rapeseed Cover Crop cover crop Feb 23 Apr 9 – May 4
Rapini Broccoli Raab brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Red Leaf Lettuce lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 18
Red Romaine lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 3
Red Russian Kale lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Romaine Lettuce lettuce Feb 22 Apr 28 – May 8
Ruby Red lettuce Feb 22 Apr 18 – Apr 23
Salad Bowl Green lettuce Feb 22 Apr 12 – Apr 13
Scarlet Flax Flowers flower Feb 23 Apr 19 – May 4
Shungiku (Edible Chrysanthemum) lettuce Feb 23 Apr 4 – Apr 19
Siberian Dwarf lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 18
Snowball Self-Blanche Cauliflower brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Sugar Ann Snap Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 9 – Apr 13
Summer Bibb lettuce Feb 22 Apr 18 – Apr 23
Swiss Chard lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 23
Tendergreen lettuce Feb 22 Apr 3 – Apr 13
Tom Thumb lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – May 3
Tuscany Black lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 8
Vates lettuce Feb 22 Apr 13 – Apr 18
Vates lettuce Feb 22 Apr 23 – May 8
Vienna Purple Kohlrabi brassica Feb 16 Apr 12 – Apr 22
Vienna White Kohlrabi brassica Feb 16 Apr 22
Viola and pansy edible flowers flower Feb 23 Apr 24 – May 4
Violetta Purple Cauliflower brassica Feb 23 Apr 29
Wando Pea legume Feb 16 Apr 20 – Apr 25
White Boston lettuce Feb 22 Apr 3 – Apr 13
Winner Kohlrabi brassica Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 13
Winter Density lettuce Feb 22 Apr 17 – Apr 23
Winter Giant lettuce Feb 22 Apr 8 – Apr 13
Yellow Sweet Blossom Clover Cover Crop cover crop Feb 23 Apr 24 – May 24
Alaska Mix Nasturtium Flowers flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Beauty Pink Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 3 – Apr 8
Beauty Purple Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 3 – Apr 8
Beauty White Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 3 – Apr 8
Boltardy Beets root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Buckwheat cover crop Mar 9 Apr 8 – Apr 23
Bull's Blood Beets root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 3
Calendula flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Calypso Cilantro herb Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 3
Champion Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 3 – Apr 8
Cherry Belle Radish root vegetable Mar 16 Apr 6 – Apr 15
Contender Bush Bean legume Mar 16 Apr 30 – May 10
Dill herb Mar 9 Apr 18 – May 3
Dwarf Jewel Mix Nasturtium Flowers flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Early Wonder Beets root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 28
Easter Egg Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 6 – Apr 10
Eight Ball Zucchini squash Mar 16 Apr 30 – May 10
Empress of India Nasturtium Flowers flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Fairy Dwarf Mix Candytuft Flowers flower Mar 2 Apr 16 – May 1
French Breakfast Radish root vegetable Mar 16 Apr 6 – Apr 13
French Marigold flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Gold Rush Zucchini squash Mar 16 Apr 30 – May 5
Golden Globe Turnips root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 23 – Apr 28
Green Purslane vegetable Mar 16 Apr 20 – May 5
Hailstone Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 8
Japanese Eggplant vegetable Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 13
Lebanese White Bush Summer Squash squash Mar 16 Apr 30
Nasturtium flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 13
National Pickling Cucumber cucumber Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 6
Paris Market Carrots root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 3
Peach Melba Nasturtium Flowers flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
Purple Plum Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 6 – Apr 8
Round de Nice Zucchini Summer Squash squash Mar 16 Apr 30
Royal Carpet Alyssum Flowers flower Mar 2 Apr 16 – May 1
Slow-Bolt (Slo-Bolt) Cilantro/Coriander herb Mar 9 Apr 6 – Apr 18
Sparkler Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 3 – Apr 8
Sweet Alyssum flower Mar 9 Apr 18 – May 3
Tri Color Amaranth (Joseph's Coat) vegetable Mar 16 Apr 15 – Apr 30
Whirlybird Nasturtium Flowers flower Mar 9 Apr 28 – May 8
White Icicle Radishes root vegetable Mar 9 Apr 8 – Apr 18

Key Tasks for April in Zone 8A

  1. 1 Check soil moisture before watering — stick a finger 2 inches into the soil. Water only when the soil is dry at that depth. Consistent moisture is more important than frequency.
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