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What to plant in March

Step into autumn! - by Jenny Dillon
  • 02 Mar 2022
What to plant in March
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Each month we give ideas, tips and planting advice for cooler, warmer, wetter and drier areas in each zone, so ask at your local nursery which zone best matches your conditions. 

Get the key to climate zones here. 

Flowers

All zones

Forget-me-nots

Forget-me-nots

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  • Ageratum
  • Aquilegia
  • Cineraria
  • Delphinium
  • Everlasting daisy
  • Forget-me-not
  • Lobelia
  • Hollyhock
  • Marigold
  • Nigella
  • Polyanthus
  • Stock
  • Sweet pea
  • Stock

Zones 1-3

Sweet peas

Sweet peas

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  • Coleus
  • Gerbera
  • Nasturtium
  • Salvia
  • Verbena
  • Zinnia

Zones 4-6

Cornflowers

Cornflowers

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  • Cornflower
  • Godetia
  • Larkspur
  • Wallflower

Vegetables

All zones

Broad beans

Broad beans

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  • Beetroot
  • Broad beans
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Cauliflower
  • Chives
  • Celery 
  • Leeks
  • Onion
  • Parsnip
  • Radish

Zones 1-3

Capsicums

Capsicums

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  • Artichoke (globe)
  • Asparagus
  • Capsicum
  • Chilli
  • Cucumber
  • Potato
  • Pumpkin
  • Sweet corn
  • Tomato
  • Zucchini

Zones 4-6

Fennel

Fennel

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  • Brussels sprouts
  • Fennel
  • Kahlrabi
  • Parsley

March gardening jobs

  • Cut back herbaceous perennials such as achilleas, asters, aquilegias, campanulas, centranthus, delphiniums, foxgloves, liatris, penstemons and salvias that are done flowering.
  • Treat summer-weary lawns to a fertiliser tonic.
  • Trim hedges.
  • Order bare-root roses from nurseries and specialist rose growers for planting during winter when dormant.
  • Sow sweet-scented sweet peas around St Patrick's Day, 17 March. It's an Australian tradition!
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Jenny Dillon
Jenny Dillon
Jenny Dillon is the garden editor of Better Homes and Gardens. Her passion for gardening began in her mother’s huge vegetable patch and orchard in the country and now extends to the challenge of city plots, where the constraints are countered by the delights.

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