What to Plant in March, Southern California
Mediterranean · first-pass calendar, under local review
Part of our Southern California vegetable planting calendar, with a sowing chart for popular crops, frost dates by ZIP code and a season-by-season guide.
See what to plant in March everywhere in the US, region by region and zone by zone.
There are 113 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🌺 Scarlet Runner Bean🌾 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🌿 Rau Ram (Vietnamese Coriander)🌿 Rosemary🌿 Shiso (Perilla)🌿 Stevia🌿 Summer Savory🌿 Tarragon🌿 Thai Basil🌿 Thyme
Fruit
🥑 Avocado🍌 Banana🍊 Blood Orange🟡 Cape Gooseberry🫘 Carob🍈 Custard Apple🐉 Dragon Fruit🫐 Elderberry🫒 Fig🟢 Finger Lime🍊 Grapefruit Tree🍈 Guava🍊 Kumquat🍋 Lemon Tree🍋 Lime Tree🟠 Loquat🌰 Macadamia🍊 Mandarin🫒 Olive🍊 Orange Tree💜 Passionfruit🟡 Pepino Melon🟢 Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)🍈 Pomelo🌵 Prickly Pear (Nopal)🍓 Strawberry🔴 Tamarillo🍊 Tangelo🟢 White Sapote
Flower
🌿 Comfrey🌸 Cosmos🌹 Culinary Rose🌸 Dahlia🌸 Echinacea (Coneflower)🌺 Hibiscus🌼 Marigold🌺 Nasturtium🌻 Sunflower🌼 Yarrow🌺 Zinnia
Mushroom
Indoors (microgreens and mushrooms)
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