What to Plant in March, Southern California
Mediterranean · first-pass calendar, under local review
There are 120 crops you can plant in Southern California in March. Tap any plant for its full calendar, varieties and growing notes.
Fruiting
🫑 Bell Pepper🥒 Bitter Melon🫘 Bush Beans🥒 Chayote🌶️ Chili Pepper🥒 Cucumber🫛 Edamame🍆 Eggplant🫛 Hyacinth Bean (Lablab)🫛 Lima Beans🌽 Popcorn🎃 Pumpkin🌾 Sorghum🎃 Squash🌽 Sweet Corn🟢 Tomatillo🍅 Tomato🫛 Winged Beans🥒 Zucchini
Leafy
🌿 Arugula🥬 Bok Choy🌿 Brazilian Spinach🌿 Celery🌿 Chicory🥬 Collard Greens🥬 Endive & Escarole🌿 Fennel (Herb)🥬 Kale🥬 Komatsuna🥬 Lettuce🌿 Mibuna🌿 New Zealand Spinach🥬 Radicchio🌿 Sorrel🌿 Spinach🥬 Swiss Chard🥬 Tatsoi🌿 Watercress
Root
Herb
🌵 Aloe Vera🌿 Basil🌿 Bay Laurel🌿 Chives🌿 Curry Leaf🫚 Galangal💜 Lavender🌿 Lemon Balm🌿 Lemon Verbena🌾 Lemongrass🌿 Marjoram🌿 Mint🌿 Oregano🌿 Parsley🌿 Rosemary🌿 Shiso (Perilla)🌿 Stevia🌿 Summer Savory🌿 Tarragon🌿 Thai Basil🌿 Thyme🌿 Vietnamese Mint
Fruit
🍎 Apple🟠 Apricot🥑 Avocado🍌 Banana🫐 Blackberry🫐 Blueberry🫐 Boysenberry🟡 Cape Gooseberry🍒 Cherry🍈 Custard Apple🐉 Dragon Fruit🫐 Elderberry🫒 Fig🟢 Finger Lime🍇 Grape🍈 Guava🥝 Kiwifruit🍋 Lemon Tree🍋 Lime Tree🟠 Loquat🌰 Macadamia🍊 Mandarin🫐 Mulberry🍑 Nectarine🫒 Olive💜 Passionfruit🍑 Peach🍐 Pear🌰 Pecan🟡 Pepino Melon🟠 Persimmon🟢 Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)🟣 Plum🍎 Pomegranate🌵 Prickly Pear (Nopal)🟡 Quince🍓 Strawberry🔴 Tamarillo
Flower
🌿 Comfrey🌸 Cosmos🌹 Culinary Rose🌸 Dahlia🌸 Echinacea (Coneflower)🌺 Hibiscus🌼 Marigold🌺 Nasturtium🌻 Sunflower🌼 Yarrow🌺 Zinnia
Micro
Mushroom
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