December · month 12 of 12
What to do in the garden in December
Every job worth doing in December, built from the real care schedules of the plants gardeners grow — with the exact plants that need each one.
No active tasks land in December for this selection — a good month to plan next season and browse what you might add.
What's blooming in December
In flower around now.
Frost dates and bloom windows are typical ranges, not guarantees — your microclimate moves them by weeks. Sow uses your real local forecast instead.
December questions
What should I do in the garden in December?
December is a quiet month for active tasks. Use it to plan, order, and tidy.
Does this calendar change by hardiness zone?
The tasks are the same, but which plants you can grow is not. Pick your zone below to see this month's jobs filtered to plants that survive your winters.
What's blooming in December?
Hellebore Wedding Party Mix, Lenten Rose Hybrid Mix, Lenten Rose Double Queen Strain, Lenten Rose Hellebore, Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose and others are in flower around now. The full list is above.
Keep exploring
Get December's tasks for your own plants
Sow builds this checklist from the plants actually in your yard — and adjusts it to your real forecast, so a wet week skips the watering and a frost warning reaches you first.
