Table 1 Planting Chart -- Dates to Plant in South Carolina separates Coastal Spring, Coastal Fall, Piedmont Spring, and Piedmont Fall planting date ranges.
Regional guide
South Carolina Spring and Fall Garden
Clemson HGIC 1256 guide for South Carolina Piedmont and Coastal Plain planting-chart rows, freeze timing, spacing, and harvest days.
Regional timing
Current regional planting plan
Clemson HGIC 1256 guide for South Carolina Piedmont and Coastal Plain planting-chart rows, freeze timing, spacing, and harvest days.
Source-backed timing
Clemson Extension planning a garden
South Carolina
7 climate signals
Source
source cues
Local
conditions
- HGIC 1256 Planning a Garden, revised Feb 12, 2021, says South Carolina gardeners who want a garden growing all season may need spring, summer, and fall garden plans.
- Table 1 Planting Chart -- Dates to Plant in South Carolina separates Coastal Spring, Coastal Fall, Piedmont Spring, and Piedmont Fall planting date ranges.
- Piedmont counties in the source include Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Spartanburg, Union, and York Counties.
- Catalog priority
- 29 priority crops 29 catalog examples
- Climate checks
- 7 climate signals 10 planning notes
- Timing basis
- Use regional source signals source guidance first
Provider Bush Bean, Envy Edamame Soybean, Detroit Dark Red Beet, Waltham 29 Broccoli
Broccoli in Table 1: Coastal Spring Mar 1 to Apr 10, Coastal Fall Sept 1 to Sept 30, Piedmont Spring Mar 20 to Apr 30, and Piedmont Fall Aug 15 to Sept 15.
Calendar
Convert regional timing into dated sowing, transplant, and harvest jobs.
Frost dates
Keep hardiness zone context separate from local first and last frost dates.
All regions
Compare this guide with the broader regional atlas.
Mississippi Zones
An MSU Extension guide for Mississippi Zone 1-5 vegetable planting dates, cool and warm crop windows, and transplant cutoffs.
Climate signals
- HGIC 1256 Planning a Garden, revised Feb 12, 2021, says South Carolina gardeners who want a garden growing all season may need spring, summer, and fall garden plans.
- Table 1 Planting Chart -- Dates to Plant in South Carolina separates Coastal Spring, Coastal Fall, Piedmont Spring, and Piedmont Fall planting date ranges.
- Piedmont counties in the source include Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Spartanburg, Union, and York Counties.
- Coastal Plain counties in the source include Aiken, Charleston, Horry, Lexington, Richland, Sumter, and Williamsburg Counties.
- South Carolina vegetable gardens need at least six hours of direct sun, with fruiting crops in the sunniest spots.
- Warm-season crops are injured or killed by freezing temperatures and should not be planted outdoors in spring without protection until the danger of freezing temperatures is past.
- Clemson says gardeners can use days to maturity plus average dates of the first and last freezes in their area to choose planting times.
Planning notes
- Beans, Snap in Table 1: Coastal Spring Apr 1 to Jun 1, Coastal Fall Aug 1 to Sept 1, Piedmont Spring Apr 15 to Jul 1, and Piedmont Fall Jul 20 to Aug 1.
- Broccoli in Table 1: Coastal Spring Mar 1 to Apr 10, Coastal Fall Sept 1 to Sept 30, Piedmont Spring Mar 20 to Apr 30, and Piedmont Fall Aug 15 to Sept 15.
- Collards in Table 1: Coastal Spring Feb 1 to Jun 15, Coastal Fall Aug 1 to Oct 30, Piedmont Spring Mar 15 to Jun 30, and Piedmont Fall Aug 1 to Sept 30.
- Okra in Table 1: Coastal Spring May 1 to Jun 30 and Piedmont Spring May 15 to July 15; fall planting is Not recommended in both columns.
- Tomato in Table 1: Coastal Spring Mar 1 to Apr 30, Coastal Fall July 1 to Jul 31, Piedmont Spring May 1 to Jun 30, and Piedmont Fall Not recommended.
- Other linked Table 1 examples include edible soy beans, beets, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, eggplant, kale, leeks, lettuce, mustard, onion sets, garden peas, pepper, pumpkins, radish, rutabaga, spinach, sweet corn, winter squash, turnips, and watermelon.
- Table 1 footnotes mark some rows From Transplants and mark some rows to Sequentially plant to extend the cropping season.
- Clemson also tells gardeners to place tall and trellised crops on the north side of the garden and to avoid planting the same or related vegetables in the same location year after year.
- Table 2 lists Radish with 24 x 1 spacing, 1/2 inch planting depth, and 25-30 days to harvest.
- Use these priority catalog links as crop-row examples, not Clemson cultivar recommendations.
Catalog crop examples
These catalog entries match crops covered by the regional timing source; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.
- Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
- Envy Edamame Soybean Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
- Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
- Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts Vegetable · Cool · 100 days
- Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
- Hale's Best Jumbo Melon Vegetable · Warm · 85 days
- Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
- Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
- Georgia Southern Collards Vegetable · Cool · 65 days
- Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
- Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
- American Flag Leek Vegetable · Cool · 120 days
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
- Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
- Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 days
- California Wonder Pepper Vegetable · Warm · 72 days
- Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- French Breakfast Radish Vegetable · Cool · 28 days
- American Purple Top Rutabaga Vegetable · Cool · 90 days
- Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
- Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 days
- Roma Tomato Vegetable · Warm · 76 days
- Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
- Sugar Baby Watermelon Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
Related regional guides
- Mississippi Zone Planting Dates Vegetable Garden An MSU Extension guide for Mississippi Zone 1-5 vegetable planting dates, cool and warm crop windows, and transplant cutoffs.
- Alabama North and South Vegetable Seasons Garden An Alabama Extension guide for North and South Alabama vegetable seasons, spring/fall windows, maturity days, spacing, and not-recommended cells.
- Louisiana North and South Vegetable Planting Guide An LSU AgCenter guide for north and south Louisiana vegetable dates, central and coastal caveats, seed depth, spacing, and harvest timing.