What to plant in Spring
A season guide to what goes in the ground across March, April, May — 451 crops to start indoors, sow, transplant, or harvest. Timings are for a representative mid-US climate (zone 6b); your exact dates depend on your hardiness zone and frost dates.
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March
Start indoors
- Achillea
- African Daisy
- Ageratum
- Aji Pepper
- Alternanthera
- Alyssum
- Amaranth
- Amaranth Microgreens
- Amaranthus
- Angelonia
- Baby Blue Eyes
- Baby's Breath
- Bachelor's Button
- Bacopa
- Balsam
- Basil
- Basil Microgreens
- Beach Sunflower
- Billy Buttons
- Black Cumin / Nigella
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Blanket Flower
- Blue Fescue
- Blue Flax
- Brachycome
- Burdock
- Calendula
- California Poppy
- Candytuft
- Canna
- Cape Gooseberry
- Carnation
- Carrot
- Catchfly
- Celosia
- Celosia (Crested)
- Celosia (Plume)
- Celtuce / Stem Lettuce
- Chamomile
- Chicory
- Chiltepin Pepper
- Chinese Toon
- Chrysanthemum
- Chrysanthemum Greens
- Cleome
- Coleus
- Common Morning Glory
- Coreopsis
- Cosmos
- Dahlberg Daisy
- Dahlia
- Dandelion
- Delosperma
- Dianthus
- Dichondra
- Dove Pincushion
- Eggplant
- Endive
- Epazote
- Ethiopian Eggplant
- Ethiopian Kale
- Feverfew
- Flowering Tobacco
- Four O Clock
- French Marigold
- Gaillardia
- Gazania
- Globe Gilia
- Goldmoss Stonecrop
- Gomphrena
- Grain Amaranth
- Ground Cherry
- Gypsophila
- Heliopsis
- Hibiscus
- Holy Basil
- Huauzontle
- Hybrid Lobelia
- Hypoestes
- Impatiens
- Interspecific Dianthus
- Komatsuna Microgreens
- Komatsuna Mustard
- Korean Mint
- Lace Fern
- Lemon Basil
- Lettuce
- Lettuce Crisphead Microgreens
- Lettuce Leaf Microgreens
- Lettuce Microgreens
- Lettuce Romaine Microgreens
- Lime Basil
- Linum
- Lobelia
- Love-Lies-Bleeding
- Malabar Spinach
- Marigold
- Marjoram
- Maximilian Sunflower
- Mexican Sunflower
- Mexican Tarragon
- Mexican Zinnia
- Mibuna
- Mibuna Microgreens
- Mimosa
- Mimulus
- Misome
- Mitsuba
- Mizuna
- Mizuna Microgreens
- Moonflower
- Morning Glory
- Nicotiana
- Nierembergia
- Orach
- Orach Microgreens
- Ornamental Millet
- Osteospermum
- Pak Choi Microgreens
- Paracress
- Pepper (Hot)
- Pepper (Tabasco)
- Perennial Sweet Pea
- Peruvian Verbena
- Petunia
- Plectranthus
- Poppy
- Portulaca
- Purple Yu Choy Sum
- Radicchio
- Ricinus
- Roselle
- Rudbeckia
- Salpiglossis
- Salvia
- Saponaria
- Scabiosa
- Scarlet Flax
- Scarlet Sage
- Sedum
- Shiso
- Shiso Herb Microgreens
- Shiso Microgreens
- Signet Marigold
- Silver Ponysfoot
- Statice
- Stevia
- Stipa
- Strawberry Spinach
- Strawflower
- Sulphur Cosmos
- Summer Savory
- Sweet Annie
- Tatsoi Microgreens
- Tendergreen Mustard Microgreens
- Texas Sage
- Thai Basil
- Thunbergia
- Tomatillo
- Tomato
- Torenia
- Turnip Microgreens
- Verbena
- Vietnamese Culantro
- Vinca
- Water Pepper
- Western Coneflower
- Wheat Celosia
- Winged Bean
- Woodland Sage
- Woodland Tobacco
- Yarrow
- Yu Choy Sum
Direct sow
Transplant out
April
Start indoors
- Armenian Cucumber
- Cantaloupe Microgreens
- Cucamelon
- Cucumber
- Garbanzo Bean Sprouts
- Gourd (Angled Luffa)
- Gourd (Bitter)
- Gourd (Bottle)
- Gourd (Luffa)
- Gourd (Ornamental)
- Gourd (Turban)
- Gourd (Wax)
- Korean Summer Squash
- Love-in-a-Mist
- Melon
- Melon (Pickling)
- Mung Bean Sprouts
- Narrowleaf Zinnia
- Nasturtium
- Nasturtium Microgreens
- Okra
- Phacelia
- Pumpkin
- Pumpkin (Maxima)
- Pumpkin (Moschata)
- Summer Squash
- Watermelon
- West Indian Gherkin
- Wild Arugula
- Winter Squash (Acorn)
- Winter Squash (Banana)
- Winter Squash (Buttercup)
- Winter Squash (Butternut)
- Winter Squash (Cushaw)
- Winter Squash (Delicata)
- Winter Squash (Hubbard)
- Winter Squash (Spaghetti)
- Zinnia
Direct sow
- Alfalfa
- Asian Greens
- Beet Microgreens
- Black Salsify
- Borage
- Borage Microgreens
- Bronze Fennel
- Caraway
- Chervil
- Chervil Microgreens
- Chrysanthemum Greens Microgreens
- Cilantro
- Cilantro Microgreens
- Cress
- Dill
- Dill Microgreens
- Fennel
- Fennel Microgreens
- Garden Sorrel Microgreens
- Mustard
- Mustard Microgreens
- Mustard Sprouts
- Oats
- Pea
- Pea Microgreens
- Pea Sprouts
- Rapeseed
- Red-Veined Sorrel
- Salsify
- Shell Pea
- Snap Pea
- Snow Pea
- Sorrel
- Sorrel Microgreens
- Sunn Hemp
- Swiss Chard
- Swiss Chard Microgreens
- Watercress
- Yellow Sweet Clover
Transplant out
- Achillea
- African Daisy
- Agastache
- Alyssum
- Angelica
- Arabis
- Armeria
- Arroyo Lupine
- Artichoke
- Asclepias
- Aster
- Baby Blue Eyes
- Baby's Breath
- Basket of Gold
- Bee Balm
- Beet
- Bishop's Flower
- Blanket Flower
- Blue Flax
- Bok Choy
- Broccoli
- Broccoli Raab
- Brussels Sprouts
- Bunching Onion
- Burdock
- Cabbage
- Cabbage Microgreens
- Calendula
- California Bluebell
- Campanula
- Candytuft
- Canterbury Bells
- Cardoon
- Carrot
- Catchfly
- Catnip
- Cauliflower
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Celosia
- Celosia (Crested)
- Celosia (Plume)
- Celtuce / Stem Lettuce
- Chicory
- China Aster
- Chinese Broccoli
- Chinese Cabbage
- Chinese Celery
- Chinese Forget-Me-Not
- Chive
- Chrysanthemum Greens
- Clasping Coneflower
- Coast Rock Cress
- Columbine
- Corn Poppy
- Cottage Pink
- Dandelion
- Delphinium
- Echinacea
- Endive
- English Daisy
- Ethiopian Kale
- European Columbine
- Evening Primrose
- Flowering Cabbage
- Flowering Kale
- Foxglove
- Garlic Chives
- Geum
- Globe Gilia
- Hamburg Parsley
- Hartweg Lupine
- Heuchera
- Hollyhock
- Horehound
- Huauzontle
- Hybrid Columbine
- Hyssop
- Iberis
- Iceland Poppy
- Johnny Jump-Up
- Kale Microgreens
- Kohlrabi
- Komatsuna Microgreens
- Komatsuna Mustard
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis
- Large-Flowered Evening Primrose
- Larkspur
- Lavatera
- Leek
- Leek Microgreens
- Lemon Balm
- Lemon Mint
- Lettuce
- Lettuce Crisphead Microgreens
- Lettuce Leaf Microgreens
- Lettuce Microgreens
- Lettuce Romaine Microgreens
- Liatris
- Linaria
- Linum
- Lovage
- Lunaria
- Lupine
- Malva
- Mexican Hat
- Mibuna
- Mibuna Microgreens
- Milkweed (Common)
- Milkweed (Tropical)
- Misome
- Mitsuba
- Mizuna
- Mizuna Microgreens
- Myosotis
- New England Aster
- Onion
- Onion Microgreens
- Orach
- Orach Microgreens
- Oriental Poppy
- Ox-Eye Daisy
- Pak Choi Microgreens
- Palace Purple Heuchera
- Pansy
- Parsley
- Parsley Microgreens
- Perennial Sweet Pea
- Phlox
- Plains Coreopsis
- Primula
- Purple Yu Choy Sum
- Radicchio
- Rocket Candytuft
- Roman Chamomile
- Romanesco Broccoli
- Rue
- Russian Kale
- Russian Kale Microgreens
- Rutabaga
- Sage
- Salad Burnet
- Scarlet Flax
- Shallot
- Shasta Daisy
- Sheep Sorrel
- Sheep Sorrel Microgreens
- Showy Evening Primrose
- Smooth Aster
- Snapdragon
- Soapwort
- Stock Flower
- Strawberry Spinach
- Sundial Lupine
- Sweet Pea
- Sweet Woodruff
- Tansy
- Tarragon
- Tatsoi Microgreens
- Tendergreen Mustard Microgreens
- Texas Bluebonnet
- Thyme
- Turnip
- Turnip Microgreens
- Veined Catmint
- Veronica
- Viola
- Wheat Celosia
- Wormwood
- Yu Choy Sum
May
Direct sow
Transplant out
- Ageratum
- Aji Pepper
- Alpine Strawberry
- Alternanthera
- Amaranth
- Amaranth Microgreens
- Amaranthus
- Angel Wing Begonia
- Angelonia
- Armenian Cucumber
- Asparagus Fern
- Bachelor's Button
- Bacopa
- Balsam
- Basil
- Basil Microgreens
- Beach Sunflower
- Begonia
- Billy Buttons
- Black Cumin / Nigella
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Blue Fescue
- Bolivian Begonia
- Brachycome
- California Poppy
- Canna
- Cantaloupe Microgreens
- Cape Gooseberry
- Carnation
- Chamomile
- Chiltepin Pepper
- Chinese Toon
- Chrysanthemum
- Cleome
- Coleus
- Common Morning Glory
- Coreopsis
- Cosmos
- Creeping Thyme
- Cucamelon
- Cucumber
- Dahlberg Daisy
- Dahlia
- Delosperma
- Dianthus
- Dichondra
- Dove Pincushion
- Dracaena
- Dusty Miller
- Eggplant
- Epazote
- Ethiopian Eggplant
- Feverfew
- Flowering Tobacco
- Four O Clock
- French Marigold
- Gaillardia
- Garbanzo Bean Sprouts
- Gazania
- Geranium
- Goldmoss Stonecrop
- Gomphrena
- Gourd (Angled Luffa)
- Gourd (Bitter)
- Gourd (Bottle)
- Gourd (Luffa)
- Gourd (Ornamental)
- Gourd (Turban)
- Gourd (Wax)
- Grain Amaranth
- Ground Cherry
- Gypsophila
- Heliopsis
- Heliotrope
- Hibiscus
- Holy Basil
- Hybrid Coneflower
- Hybrid Lobelia
- Hypoestes
- Impatiens
- Interspecific Dianthus
- Ivy Geranium
- Japanese Mugwort
- Kniphofia
- Korean Mint
- Korean Summer Squash
- Lace Fern
- Lavender
- Lemon Basil
- Lime Basil
- Lobelia
- Love-in-a-Mist
- Love-Lies-Bleeding
- Malabar Spinach
- Marigold
- Marjoram
- Maximilian Sunflower
- Melon
- Melon (Pickling)
- Mexican Sunflower
- Mexican Tarragon
- Mexican Zinnia
- Mimosa
- Mimulus
- Moonflower
- Morning Glory
- Mung Bean Sprouts
- Narrowleaf Zinnia
- Nasturtium
- Nasturtium Microgreens
- Nicotiana
- Nierembergia
- Okra
- Oregano
- Oregano (Greek)
- Oregano Microgreens
- Ornamental Millet
- Osteospermum
- Painted Sage
- Paracress
- Pennyroyal Mint
- Penstemon
- Pepper (Habanero)
- Pepper (Hot)
- Pepper (Sweet & Hot)
- Pepper (Tabasco)
- Peruvian Verbena
- Petunia
- Phacelia
- Plectranthus
- Poppy
- Portulaca
- Pumpkin
- Pumpkin (Maxima)
- Pumpkin (Moschata)
- Ricinus
- Rocky Mountain Penstemon
- Roselle
- Rudbeckia
- Russian Sage
- Salpiglossis
- Salvia
- Saponaria
- Savory
- Scabiosa
- Scarlet Sage
- Sedum
- Shiso
- Shiso Herb Microgreens
- Shiso Microgreens
- Signet Marigold
- Silver Ponysfoot
- Sprenger Fern
- Statice
- Stevia
- Stipa
- Strawflower
- Sulphur Cosmos
- Summer Savory
- Summer Squash
- Sweet Annie
- Texas Sage
- Thai Basil
- Thunbergia
- Tomatillo
- Tomato
- Torenia
- Verbena
- Vietnamese Culantro
- Vinca
- Water Pepper
- Watermelon
- Wax Begonia
- West Indian Gherkin
- Western Coneflower
- Wild Arugula
- Winged Bean
- Winter Squash (Acorn)
- Winter Squash (Banana)
- Winter Squash (Buttercup)
- Winter Squash (Butternut)
- Winter Squash (Cushaw)
- Winter Squash (Delicata)
- Winter Squash (Hubbard)
- Winter Squash (Spaghetti)
- Woodland Sage
- Woodland Tobacco
- Yarrow
- Zinnia
Plant out
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Timings are computed from NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals for a representative mid-US location using the same engine as GardenDraft’s in-app schedule. They are guidance, not guarantees — your exact dates depend on your address.