What to plant in March
A month-by-month guide to what goes in the ground in March — 52 crops to start indoors, direct sow, or transplant. Timings below are for a representative mid-US climate (Cisco, UT (zone 6b)); your exact dates depend on your hardiness zone and frost dates.
Want March dates for your own ZIP? Enter it for frost dates from your nearest weather station and a month-by-month calendar:
Start indoors
Sow these under lights or on a windowsill now for transplants later.
- Achillea
- Aji Pepper
- Burdock
- Calendula
- Cape Gooseberry
- Celtuce / Stem Lettuce
- Chamomile
- Chicory
- Chiltepin Pepper
- Chrysanthemum Greens
- Dandelion
- Eggplant
- Endive
- Ethiopian Eggplant
- Ethiopian Kale
- Feverfew
- Ground Cherry
- Huauzontle
- Komatsuna Mustard
- Korean Mint
- Lettuce
- Malabar Spinach
- Marjoram
- Mexican Tarragon
- Mibuna
- Misome
- Mitsuba
- Mizuna
- Orach
- Paracress
- Pepper (Hot)
- Pepper (Tabasco)
- Purple Yu Choy Sum
- Radicchio
- Roselle
- Stevia
- Strawberry Spinach
- Sweet Annie
- Tomatillo
- Tomato
- Vietnamese Culantro
- Water Pepper
- Yarrow
- Yu Choy Sum
Direct sow outside
Sow these straight into the garden bed this month.
Transplant outdoors
Move these hardened-off seedlings into the garden.
What to plant in March by hardiness zone
The list above is for a representative mid-US climate — pick your USDA zone for a March list tuned to your frost dates.
Keep going
Timings are computed from NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals for a representative mid-US location (Cisco, UT (zone 6b)) using the same engine as GardenDraft’s in-app schedule. They are guidance, not guarantees — your exact dates depend on your address.