What to Plant in December

Your complete Zone 8B planting guide for December. Here's everything you should be starting, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting this month.

Start Indoors

2 plants

Onion

🕐

90-120 days

📏

4-6 inches

Match the variety to your latitude: long-day north, short-day south.

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Rosemary

🕐

80-120 days

📏

24 inches

Hardy outdoors from about zone 7 up. Colder than that, grow it in a pot and bring it in.

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Direct Sow

3 plants

Lettuce

🕐

30-60 days

📏

6-12 inches

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

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Spinach

🕐

35-50 days

📏

4-6 inches

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

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Cilantro

🕐

45-70 days

📏

6-8 inches

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

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Harvest

7 plants

Lettuce

🕐

30-60 days

📏

6-12 inches

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Spinach

🕐

35-50 days

📏

4-6 inches

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Kale

🕐

50-70 days

📏

18-24 inches

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Peas

🕐

55-70 days

📏

2-4 inches

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Radish

🕐

22-35 days

📏

1-2 inches

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Carrot

🕐

60-80 days

📏

2-3 inches

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Cilantro

🕐

45-70 days

📏

6-8 inches

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