March is the month when most gardens really wake up. In colder regions, it is prime time for indoor seed starting and preparing beds. In milder climates, spring planting is already rolling, and in the warmest zones, the garden may be producing heavily while you begin shifting toward heat-loving crops.
Zones 1-7a: These zones experience cold winters with extended periods of freezing temperatures. In March, monitor soil conditions, thaw cycles, and late frosts as you prepare for early outdoor sowing. Indoors, this is a busy month for starting cool-season crops and hardy flowers under lights or in a greenhouse so they are ready to transplant as soon as the weather settles.
Zones 7b-9a: These zones experience mild winter weather and are warming quickly in March. Many cool-season crops can be direct sown outdoors, and succession planting helps keep harvests coming as temperatures rise. It is also a great time to start warm-season favorites indoors while keeping frost protection on hand for unexpected cold snaps. And of course, sprouts and microgreens are always in season indoors!
Zones 9b-12: Depending on your area, March can be peak garden season in these warm-winter zones. Many crops planted earlier are now producing, and this month often marks the transition from late cool-season planting to the start of warm-season gardening. In the hottest areas, you may begin planting heat lovers while timing your last rounds of tender cool-season crops before warmer weather arrives.
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Celosia Seeds - Crested - Armor Mix
85-95 Days to maturity. Celosia plumosa. Prestige Scarlet Crested Celosia Flower Seeds. Non-GMO, Annual. These striking and vigorous bedding plants are ideal for hot summer gardens. They display showy cockscomb...
Torenia Seeds - Kauai Mix (Pelleted)
84-91 Days to maturity. Torenia fournieri. Torenia Kauai Mix Seeds. Non-GMO, Ornamental, Premium, Annual. Kauai Mix seeds easily grow into stunning, eye-catching, and low-maintenance torenias bursting with vivid blooms of...
Gourd Seeds - Bonanza
80-90 days to maturity. Luffa acutangula ’Bonanza’. Bonanza Gourd Seeds. Non-GMO, warm-season, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom gourd seed. This vigorous and productive plant produces a high yield of edible fruit on...
Mugwort Seeds
80 Days. Artemisia vulgaris. Open-pollinated. Non-GMO. Annual. Although known mostly as a tenacious garden weed in the midwestern United States, non-GMO heirloom mugwort seeds have been grown and foraged for...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Striped German
80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Striped German Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Mr. Stripey (Organic)
80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Organic Mr. Stripey Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised...
Watermelon Seeds - Icebox - Yellow Gem Sweet
80 days to maturity. Citrullus lanatus. Yellow Gem Sweet Watermelon Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heat tolerant, seeded, icebox watermelon. Now a true yellow Crimson Sweet watermelon. ~ 400 seeds per...
Lentil Seeds - Green - Organic
Organic Green Lentil Seeds. Lens culinaris. 80 to 110 days to maturity. Certified Organic by OTCO. Hardy Annual. Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non-GMO. Produces light green, or greenish-brown lentils. Sometimes referred...
Osteospermum Seeds - Asti Series
84-90 Days to maturity. Osteospermum ecklonis. Osteospermum Asti Series Seeds. Non-GMO, Annual. Asti Series osteospermum seeds promise a stunning and exotic African twist to the more traditional daisies commonly grown...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Tangerine
85-90 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Tangerine Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Amana Orange
85-90 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycoperscium. Amana Orange Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Amana...
Tomato Seeds - Salad - Rutgers VF
80-90 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Rutgers VF Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, determinate, salad tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Momotaro Gold Hybrid
80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Momotaro Gold Hybrid Japanese Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, F1 hybrid, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised...
Stock Flower Seeds - Harmony Mix
77-84 Days to maturity. Matthiola incana. Harmony Mix Stock Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, cold tolerant. Harmony Mix Stock seeds grow fantastically compact and exceptionally fragrant stock flowers that are sure...
Melon Seeds - Cantaloupe - Ball 2076 Hybrid
85 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo. Ball 2076 Hybrid Cantaloupe Melon Seeds. A non-GMO, annual, hybrid, heat-tolerant Cantaloupe Melon. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant...
Tomato Seeds - Salad - Indigo Rose
75-80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Indigo Rose Tomato Seeds (PVP 201100302). Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, salad tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Watermelon Seeds - Picnic - Golden Honey
85-88 Days to maturity. Citrullus lanatus. Golden Honey Watermelon Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat tolerant, seeded, picnic watermelon. Golden Honey is a sweet and sugary treat. This 10 by...
Basil Seeds - Sweet (Organic)
60-90 Days to maturity. Ocimum basilicum. Organic Sweet Basil Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Sweet basil has...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Black From Tula
75-85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Variety name Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Produces...
Grass Mix - Cabin Grass Seed
Cabin Grass Seed Mix - AKA: Green Space Holder, Dryland Turf Mix, Erosion Turf Mix. This Cabin Grass Seed Mix is a blend of two low growing, very deep rooted...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Coustralee
85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Coustralee Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, humidity tolerant, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds,...
Wildflower Seeds - Cutting Mix (Organic)
50-90 Days to maturity. Cosmos bipinnatus, Lobularia maritima, Zinnia elegans, Centaurea cyanus, and Helianthus annuus. Organic Cut Flower Mix Seeds. Non-GMO, Organic, Annuals. The Organic Cut Flower Mix offers a...
Sunflower Seeds - Earthwalker
75-85 Days to maturity. Helianthus annuus ’Earthwalker’. Earthwalker Sunflower Seeds: Non-GMO, open-pollinated, ornamental, annual, drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant, multi-branching sunflower. Earthwalker sunflower seeds grow deeply colored and complement any outdoor space. These...
Melon Seeds - Cantaloupe - Planters Jumbo
80-90 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo. Planters Jumbo Cantaloupe Melon Seeds. A non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, heat-tolerant Cantaloupe Melon. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses....
Tomato Seeds - Cherry - Cherry Orange
75-80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycoperscium. Cherry Orange Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, cherry tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. This...
Gourd Seeds - Bitter
Bitter Gourd Seeds. 80 Days. Momordica charanita. Non-GMO, Heirloom, Open Pollinated. Annual. AKA: Bitter Melon, Balsam Pear, Foo Gwa. Warty, green, tapered fruits that grow 8 to 10 inches long...
Gourd Seeds - Emerald - Hybrid
80-90 days to maturity. Luffa cylindrica ’Emerald’. Emerald Gourd Seeds. Non-GMO warm-season annual hybrid. This beautiful plant produces early maturing, smooth-type fruits that average 45-50cm long, 4-5 cm in diameter,...
China Aster Seeds - Colour Carpet Mix
60-90 Days to maturity. Callistephus chinensis. Colour Carpet China Aster Seeds. Non-GMO, ornamental, annual, open-pollinated flower. Colour Carpet China Aster flower garden seeds grow an adorable dwarfed aster plant ideal...
Tomato Seeds - Slicing - Great White
80 Days to maturity (from transplant). Solanum lycopersicum. Great White Tomato Seeds. Non-GMO, warm season annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, indeterminate, slicing tomato. Suitable for growing in garden plots, raised beds, and...
Tobacco Seeds - African Red
80 Days from transplant to maturity. Nicotiana tabacum. African Red Tobacco Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, perennial, organic, hybrid, open-pollinated, heirloom, AAS winner. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised...
Melon Seeds - Cantaloupe - Honey Rock (Organic)
80 Days to maturity. Cucumis melo. Organic Honey Rock Cantaloupe Melon Seeds. A non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, AAS winner, heat-tolerant Cantaloupe Melon. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots,...
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