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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Japanese Pickling Eggplant Seeds. 65 days to maturity. Heirloom, Annual. Can be grown in containers. Solanum melongena. These purple slender, slightly curved eggplants, are full of flavors as they are...
Lupine Seeds - Texas Blue Bonnet
91-98 Days to maturity. Lupinus texensis’Texas Blue Bonnet’. Lupine Texas Blue Bonnet Seeds. Non-GMO, Annual. Texas Bluebonnet lupine seeds grow an old-fashioned favorite that promise to deliver a slice of...
Cucumber Seeds - Housaku - Hybrid
55-60 Days to maturity. Cucumis sativus ‘Housaku’. Housaku Cucumber Seeds. Warm-season annual hybrid. Non-GMO. The name “housaku” means “good harvest” and it lives up to the name! It is a...
Artichoke Seeds - Purple Romagna
85-100 days. Cynara scolymus. Purple Romagna Artichoke Seeds. Non-GMO, tender perennial, heirloom, open-pollinated. This crop is suitable for garden plots, raised beds, or field production. Purple Romagna is an Italian...
Cauliflower Seeds - Veronica Romanesco Hybrid
77 days. This "Italian" type produces very symmetrical and spiraled, lime green heads with tightly beaded, pointed domes. Useful raw, cooked, or pickled, with a milder, sweeter flavor than standard...
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Flower) Seeds
75-85 Days to maturity. Cleome serrulata. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Seeds. Non-GMO, annual. Also called wild cleome or spider flower, this is one of the beautiful flowers recorded by Lewis...
Lobelia Seeds - Regatta Series (MSP)
77-84 Days to maturity. Lobelia erinus. Regatta Series Lobelia Seeds. Non-GMO, open-pollinated, Premium Quality Seeds, annual. Open Pollinated. Regatta Series seeds promise exotic, radiant, and fragrant lobelia mounds that promise...
Okra Seeds - Emerald
55-70 days. Emerald Okra Seeds - Non-GMO, Abelmoschus esculentus. These heirloom Emerald okra plants are 5-8 feet tall and produce smooth bright green 7" long pods. They were developed and...
Cucumber Seeds - Armenian (Organic)
63 Days to maturity. Cucumis Melo. Organic Armenian Cucumber Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated, heirloom, monoecious, slicing cucumber. Suitable for growing in fields, containers (with support), garden plots, raised beds,...
Lobelia Seeds - Sapphire
77-84 Days to maturity. Lobelia erinus. Sapphire Lobelia Seeds. Non-GMO, open-pollinated, Premium Quality Seeds, annual. Open Pollinated. Sapphire lobelia seeds grow one of summer's most exciting bedding, trailing, and hanging...
Pumpkin Seeds - Show Winner
Cucurbita maxima As the name implies, this is the pumpkin to grow if you want to win a novelty contest. The giant pumpkins develop in an array of colors, including...
Bacopa Seeds - Utopia (MSP)
56-63 Days to maturity. Sutera cordata. Utopia Bacopa Seeds. Non-GMO, annual. Utopia bacopa flower garden seeds (Bluetopia & Snowtopia) grow one of summer's most exciting bedding, trailing, and hanging plants....
Gourds Seeds - Turks Turban
Non-GMO Turks Turban is ready in 100+ days. Brightly colored ornamental squash has large, flattened fruits measuring 8 to 10 inches across. This gourd is striped with scarlet, white, orange,...
Corn Seeds - Sweet - Ambrosia F1 Hybrid (treated)
80-90 Days to maturity. Zea mays. Ambrosia F1 Hybrid Corn Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, hybrid, Sweet Corn. Suitable for growing in garden plots or raised beds. Corn tolerates heat and drought-prone...
Beet Seeds - Red Mammoth Mangel
Beta vulgaris (100 days) Fodder beets have been around since the 1400s if not earlier. These beets were prized as nutritious animal feed that was easy to store. Fodder beets...
Eggplant Seeds - Rosa Bianca - Organic
Solanum melongena (81 days) This beautiful pink-purple fruit also has white shading. Rosa Bianca eggplant is 4-6" in size. Rarely bitter. Heat lover, but produces well even in Coastal areas....
Lettuce Seeds - Butterhead - Kagraner Sommer
50-60 days. Non-GMO. Open-pollinated. Kagraner Sommer Lettuce Seeds from True Leaf Market produce a butterhead lettuce with light green leaves that is slow to bolt. Also known as Kagran Summer...
Bean Seeds - Pole - White Seeded Yard Long
65-75 Days to maturity. Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis. White Seeded Yard Long Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heat-tolerant, heirloom, pole, snap, Asian, specialty bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden...
Buckwheat Seeds - Japanese
Fagopyrum esculentum. 49 days to full maturity. Buckwheat is the perfect smother crop, adding valuable green manure to your soil or harvesting for seed. We kind of do both. We...
Corn Poppy Seeds - American Legion
63-84 Days to maturity. Papaver rhoeas. American Legion Corn Poppy Seeds. Non-GMO, organic, Annual. American Legion corn poppy seeds promise one of the most cherished and vibrant blooms in the...
Tobacco Seeds - American 572
70-80 Days from transplant to maturity. Nicotiana tabacum. American 572 Tobacco Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, containers, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant to...
Radish Seeds - Golden Helios
Golden Helios Radish Seeds. 26 days to maturity. Raphanus sativus. Heirloom, Annual. Radish Helios was named after the Greek god of the sun. This olive-shaped radish is bright yellow with...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Habanero Lemon
90-99 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum chinense. Habanero Lemon Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, deer resistant, hot pepper with extremely hot heat levels. 400,000 to 500,000 Scoville Heat...
Radish - Purple Plum - Microgreen Seeds
7-14 Days to maturity. Raphanus sativus. Purple Plum Radish Microgreen Seeds. This variety of radish microgreens is known for its distinctive purple and sometimes pinkish stems with bright green leaves....
Spinach Seeds - Early Hybrid No 7
Early Hybrid No. 7 Spinach Seeds. 36 to 40 Days. F1 Hybrid, Non-GMO. Spinacia oleracea. Large green semi-savoyed leaves. A great choice for home garden or market growers. Can be...
Pepper Seeds - Sweet - Purple Beauty Bell (Organic)
70 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Organic Purple Beauty Bell Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, heirloom, organic, high-yielding, drought tolerant, sweet pepper with no heat. 0 Scoville Heat...
Chinese Mustard Seeds - Shuidong
35 to 45 Days to maturity. Brassica juncea. Shuidong Chinese Mustard Seeds. Non-GMO, Heirloom, non-GMO, Cool Season Annual. Shuidong mustard is named after the town where it was first cultivated,...
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