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10 Things to Do in Your Garden in March

By Doug Jimerson

Get your spring garden in shape with these must-do March tips.

Plant Annual Flowers in March Gardens
By the end March, gardeners in frost-free regions can begin planting warm-season annuals such as angelonia, wax begonia, and zinnia. Northern gardeners can start setting out cool-season favorites such as pansy, osteospermum, and alyssum.
Tip: Keep a light blanket or grow cloth handy just in case the temperatures drop unexpectedly. Cover your plants at night if it drops below freezing.
Discover beautiful cool-season annuals that take light frost. 

Plant Trees and Shrubs in March
Early spring, when the weather is cool and moist, is a great time to add trees and shrubs to your landscape. Dig a hole slightly wider than the root ball of your plant. Then set the plant into the soil at the same height it was growing in its nursery pot. Water thoroughly and mulch.
Tip: Find out how large a tree or shrub will grow before you add it to your landscape. You don’t want to plant something that will eventually tower over your home.
 
Plant Berries in March Gardens
Strawberries and raspberries prefer an early spring start in your garden. Both can be grown in garden beds or containers. They require well-drained soil and a sunny spot that receives at least 6 to 8 hours of sunshine a day.
Tip: Strawberries and raspberries are available in Everbearing and June-bearing varieties. Everbearers produce small amounts of fruit all summer long while June-bearers develop one large crop in early summer. Plant both types to gain the maximum amount of fruit over a longer period of time. 

Start Veggies from Seed
In the North, lettuce, spinach, radishes, peas, and other cool season crops can be sown directly in the garden in March. In frost-free regions, plant warm weather vegetables such as tomatoes and squash. Cover the plants if an unexpected cold snap threatens.
Tip: Sow radishes, spinach, beans, and peas in wide rows instead of single file. You’ll get more produce per square inch if you scatter seed in a 6 to 10 inch wide band.

Repot Houseplants 
March is a perfect time to give indoor plants a new lease on life by transplanting them into a larger pot with fresh soil. This is especially important if your plants are root bound (you’ll see roots coming out of the pot’s drainage holes). Also, if the roots are growing in a tight ball, loosen them to encourage new growth.
Tip: March is also a good time to prune houseplants that might have grown leggy over the winter. Pruning will also encourage new, more compact growth.
Check out our gallery of popular, easy-to-grow houseplants! 

Dig and Divide Perennials in March Gardens
Perennials such as hosta, chrysanthemum, and daylily can be dug and divided as soon as they break dormancy. Use a sharp spade to dig and lift the clumps and break them into smaller sections with a large garden knife. Replant the divisions as soon as possible. 
Tip: Some perennials prefer being divided in the late summer instead of early spring. These include peony, lily, Oriental poppy, and bearded iris.

Feed Camellias and Azaleas
Fertilize camellias and azaleas after they finish flowering. Use a commercial camellia/azalea granular fertilizer sprinkled around the base of the plants. Be sure to read the label for application rates. Feed monthly through August for best growth and flowering.
Tip: In the fall and winter, use a 0-10-10 fertilizer to help build next spring’s flower production. That mixture of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium will also increase your plants’ ability to tolerate cold weather.

Check Irrigation
Water is a precious resource. That’s why, if you have an irrigation system, it’s important to check it now. Look for broken heads or inefficient spray patterns that can waste water. Also, adjust your timer so you aren’t watering your yard during the rainy season. 
Tip: Most lawns and gardens require an inch of moisture a week. If you are unsure of how much water you are providing, set a coffee can in the yard and measure what it catches.

Spray and Prune Fruit Trees 
There’s still plenty of time to prune apples and other fruit trees. Remove dead, diseased or crossed branches before the trees break dormancy. Also, eliminate vertical branches to allow sunlight to penetrate the interior of the tree. Fruit is only produced on horizontal branches so don’t worry about minimizing your harvest. Tip: Spray your trees before they leaf out with a dormant oil spray. It’s an effective method of reducing insect pests organically. Follow label directions when you apply dormant oil spray.

Clear Flower Beds
Rake leaves and mulch away from garden beds to allow the foliage of spring-flowering bulbs and perennials to poke through. During the winter, leaves can pack down, forming an impenetrable barrier to new growth. Plus when you pull back the mulch, the soil will warm faster because it’s exposed to the sun.
Tip: Use a plastic leaf rake when you remove mulch. Metal garden rakes with sharp tongs can rip tender foliage from emerging plants.

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What to plant in March: 10 ideas for brightening your plot

When deciding what to plant in March, it really does depend on the month’s weather. The English are fond of saying that March ‘comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’, meaning it straddles the change from winter to spring.

But it can also work the other way, so when you are planning what to plant in March you need to check the forecast and be prepared for all eventualities! Generally speaking, however, things are moving up a gear in the garden and the warmer soil, dampened by spring showers, is a welcoming home for new plants, bulbs and seeds.

Do be cautious about more tender varieties when considering what to plant when, as we are not completely out of the woods weather wise. If you have a long list of less hardy varieties to plant this month you will be better off starting them undercover.

Our top 10 options for what to plant in March

Here are our top 10 favorites for what to plant in March, though whatever you decide to add to your flower beds, borders and pots in the next few weeks you are sure to reap the colorful rewards later this year.

1. Annual climbers

Dramatic orange flowers of black eyed Susan, also known as Thunbergia alata

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Annual climbers are fantastic and easy things to plant in March and are guaranteed to add color and an extra dimension to your garden. There are so many to choose from too:

Top tip: Sow annual climbers in trays, pots or modules of dampened seed compost. Germinate them in warmth and light and pot on the seedlings when they are large enough to handle safely, growing them in individual containers until they are planted out later in spring.

2. Forced bulbs

Once forced hyacinths have finished flowering indoors you can plant them in the garden to flower in future years

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Forced bulbs such as hyacinths are a wonderful way of bringing color and scent to your indoor garden ideas in the darkest days of winter. So if you forced bulbs indoors this winter, don’t just chuck them away once they have gone over – give them a second lease of life in the garden.

Forcing takes a lot out of the bulb, so they are unlikely to flower again as strongly the first year, but after that they will return with increasing vigour. Once they have flowered indoors, deadhead flowers and leave them somewhere for the leaves to die back and feed the bulbs. Alternatively, you can plant them out with the leaves still strong and green so they die back in situ.

Then plant them out in a sunny, sheltered spot or somewhere with dappled shade and they will flower in spring, giving you early color and delicious scent.

Remember that hyacinth bulbs are renowned skin irritants, so always wear gloves when handling them.

Top tip: Most forced bulbs are suitable for outdoor planting, though not ‘Paper White’ narcissus as they are tender. Instead, deadhead faded flowers and let the leaves die back then dig up the bulbs and store them somewhere cool and dry. They can be replanted next fall in containers for indoors.

3. Petunias

Petunias are a mainstay of patio containers and hanging baskets in the summer

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Petunias never seem to go out of fashion and such is their popularity that new, gaudier incarnations of this popular trumpet-bloomed plant appear every year.

They are an integral part of many people's spring container ideas and you can save yourself money by growing yours from seed.

Sow the seeds now to get robust plants this summer. Then prick them out when they have developed their first sets of ‘proper’ leaves, as opposed to the little germination leaflets, and grow them on in individual pots.

When the threat of frosts has passed, gradually acclimatise the seedlings to external temperatures then plant out in baskets and containers to delight you through the summer.

Mixing petunia seeds with sand to make it easier to sow them thinly and evenly

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Petunia seeds are tiny and quite difficult to sow thinly. If the resulting seedlings are a little crammed together they can be at risk from damping off disease, a fungal infection that can devastate trays of overcrowded young plants.

Make life easier for yourself by mixing the seeds with a pinch of horticultural sand and sprinkling the mix evenly over the compost.

Because the seeds are so tiny, don’t cover them with compost or vermiculite. Instead just add a lid to the tray or cover it with cling film.

Top tip: Place the seed tray on a light, warm windowsill and remove the lid of cling film after germination so that fresh air can circulate around the seedlings.

4. Heleniums

Orange and yellow heleniums bring fiery colors to late summer borders

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While I love the restful hues of a garden border of blues and mauves, I’m also a sucker for more fiery shades of summer. Sunflowers, day lilies, dahlias and lilies all pack a powerful punch in summer. As, of course, do heleniums, summertime bobbydazzlers that thrive in a sunny spot with soil that is good at retaining moisture.

Heleniums, also charmingly known as sneezeworts, are daisy-like flowers, similar to echinaceas, that produce blooms in fiery reds, yellows and oranges. They look stunning planted in drifts through a border and are an excellent accompaniment to different types of ornamental grass and red hot pokers.

For the best results, site them in a sunny spot that gets lots of sunshine. Dig in lots of well-rotted compost and manure first, not just to enrich the soil but to help it hold onto moisture through the height of summer.

Feed with a high-potassium fertilizer during the flowering season and deadhead regularly.

Top tip: Although heleniums are relatively pest free they can fall foul of the disease leaf spot. This can be treated with a fungicide and by removing and binning affected leaves.

5. Wildflowers

Wildflowers are usually hardy annuals and varieties such as corn cockles, mallow and cornflowers create a pretty and natural splash of color

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One of the greatest things we can do with our gardens is to create a wildlife-friendly space, whether by feeding birds, rewilding an area where creatures can forage and hide, and choosing plants that will benefit pollinators and the birds and animals that feed on them.

If you are thinking about what to plant in March, you can create a colorful splash and help birds, bees, butterflies and other creatures by sowing a mix of wildflowers.

Most seed companies sell ready-prepared mixes and they usually contain a beautiful combination of seeds including field poppies, cornflowers, corn cockles and campions. At this time of year the conditions are right for them to be sown directly where you wish your flowers to grow.

To plant a wildflower meadow, first create a seedbed, raking the soil to break it up, removing stones, weeds and other debris. The ideal texture is like a crumble topping - light and airy. Water the area and then scatter the seeds as thinly as possible. Most wildflower seeds are a good size so this should be fairly easy.

Then cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil, and firm it down gently with the flat head of a rake. Label the area so the seeds aren’t accidentally disturbed and scatter some pepper dust over the top to keep pets and pests at bay.

6. Agapanthus

The eye-catching flowers of 'Brilliant Blue' agapanthus

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For versatility and long-lasting beauty, look no further than agapanthus. These South African lilies are one of our most popular summer flowers and will flourish in cooler climates of the northern hemisphere.

Plant in March and they should flower this summer, their tall trumpets of flowers in white and every imaginable shade of blue held on tall, robust stems.

Agapanthus are either deciduous or evergreen, and the evergreen ones are less hardy and will need more winter protection in the UK and colder states of the US.

Both varieties grow well in borders as well as in garden planters – in fact they can do better in pots because they like their roots crammed in.

Agapanthus like having their roots tightly packed so they grow well in containers

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When planting, set them in the ground so the tip (or ‘nose’) of their tuber is about 2in (5cm), below the soil. If you garden on clay or your land is prone to waterlogging, you are better off planting agapanthus at the same depth in a container as they will be at less risk of rotting.

Water them regularly and feed at the start of the growing season with a granular fertilizer. Container-gown plants need fortnightly feeding with a liquid tomato fertilizer that is rich in potassium to boost blooming.

Tip tip: Although we usually recommend deadheading plants to encourage more blooms, agapanthus seedheads are very pretty and look stunning in winter when touched by hoarfrost.

7. Half hardy annuals

Cleome spinosa is an attractive and unusual half-hardy annual

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While hardy annuals can be sown outside now, especially towards the end of the month, half hardy annuals are not frost-tolerant and should still be started in a greenhouse or on a warm windowsill indoors that gets plenty of light.

Half hardy annuals are an easy and economical way of bringing lots of color to the garden and varieties include different types of cosmos, nicotiana, cleome, tagetes and zinnia.

They are ideal to plant in March because with careful nurturing they should be ready to go in the garden in mid spring when the frosts have finished, and will bloom beautifully this summer.

Sow as thinly as you can in trays or modules filled with dampened seed compost, then germinate them in a greenhouse or on a windowsill.

The seedlings can be potted on into individual containers of compost when they are large enough to handle with care. They can then be grown before being hardened off – acclimatized to outside conditions – and planted where you want them to make a splash.

Top tip: Tagetes or French marigolds are a useful companion plant. Grow them close to your veg crops in your kitchen garden and not only will they attract pollinators, they will also deter pests such as white fly that can’t stand their scent!

8. Salvias

Apricot and pink flowers of Salvia 'Royal Bumble'

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Take the time to learn how to grow salvias and you won't be disappointed. Salvias, or ornamental sage, are one of my must-have plants. Their spires of flowers range from palest mauve to the most striking scarlet, and are long-lasting and look stunning among other summer garden plants.

There are four main varieties of salvia: annuals that are heaved up and composted at the end of summer, herbaceous perennial plants that come back year after year, tender perennials that really need overwintering undercover and shrubby salvias that are largely hardy but may need some winter protection.

Plant in March for this summer, as I have done, by growing some from seed. This means you will have plenty of plants and you can keep some undercover or even in a DIY cold frame as an insurance policy if those in the ground succumb to a cold, wet winter.

Salvias thrive in a sunny spot in fertile soil and once they are in they need little aftercare as they are pleasingly drought-resistant. 

Top tip: When planting, give your salvia a trim as this will encourage it to throw out lots of bushy, flower-filled shoots.

9. Sea holly

The dramatic blue flowers of sea holly Oliver eryngo

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Last spring I planted a sea holly in the garden and this year I am going to plant more. These glorious plants, also known as Eryngium, are one of the most unusually stunning perennials. Tough, drought tolerant plants, they are ideally suited to maritime plots though will thrive anywhere, attract pollinators and their unusual flower heads are worth keeping through winter for decoration.

The one I planted had brilliant, electric blue blooms and stems that held their color until well into fall. There are more than 250 varieties of sea holly and their colors range from sober greys to zinging blues. Their tough leaves and spiky flowers mean they are relatively pest-free, but they can succumb to cold, wet soils in winter and are best planted somewhere dry.

They suit all sorts of schemes, from garden gravel ideas to lush herbaceous borders and thrive in a sunny spot. They also self-seed relatively easily, so by buying one plant you can find yourself with two or three once they mature.

Top tip: Eryngium flowers look beautiful fresh and dried in indoor arrangements but do take care as they are prickly (and best planted away from border edges).

10. Poppies

Iceland poppies (Papaver nudicaule) provides pretty papery flowers in reds, oranges, yellow and white

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There is a poppy for every place, which makes them an ideal candidate for what to plant in March. 

If you're interested in learning how to grow poppies, field poppies are hardy annuals that can be sown now and opulent Oriental poppies are absolute show-stoppers with their voluptuous papery petals.

I’m a big fan of Iceland poppies (Papaver nudicaule) which are short-lived perennials usually grown as annuals. Their petals are sunshine on stems, a joyful mix of yellow, white and orange with jaunty yellow centres.

Or how about beautiful blue Meconopsis, the Himalayan blue poppy that thrives in cool, shady spots and is well-suited to damper areas of the garden.

Most poppies can be grown from seed, but Oriental varieties are best bought as plants. They should also not be allowed to set seed as this weakens the plant, while other varieties will self-seed easily,

In fact, they can become almost too prolific, so unless you want a garden full of poppies, deadhead them before the seed capsules ripen.

Top tips: Poppies are generally free from pests and diseases, though Oriental varieties can suffer from powdery mildew in spring and summer. Remove diseased plant material and bin any leaves that have fallen onto the soil to prevent the spores lingering on.

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    • So spring has come. So far, however, only on a calendar sheet, it is still cold outside and, at best, slush, and at worst, snow. However, in a week or two it will really smell like spring, and you need to be ready to meet it. Responsible gardeners began preparing for spring back in February, sowing seeds of some flowers for seedlings. However, the main preparation for the opening of the spring-summer gardening season falls precisely in March.

    Let's talk about which flower seedlings you can start growing in the first month of spring.

    What flowers are sown for seedlings in March

    In March, perennial, biennial and annual flowers are sown for seedlings - ageratum, snapdragons, fragrant tobacco, godetia, annual aster, summer levkoy, silver celosia, gazania, hybrid verbena, lobularia, petunia , carnation grass, climbing kobe, bluebells, gelchizium, cultural dahlia, seaside armeria, iberis, cleoma, echinacea, climbing azarina, Drummond's phlox and other flowers.

    We have already described how to grow seedlings of petunia, verbena, gazania sown in February, but you will not be late if you start growing seedlings of these flowers in March. In this article, we will tell you how flower seedlings are grown, which seedling boxes are best to use, how to build a small greenhouse for seedlings from improvised means, and also when flower seedlings are ready for planting in open ground.

    Sowing flower seeds in March for seedlings

    Echinacea

    Echinacea flower, in addition to indisputable decorative qualities, has miraculous healing properties, which determines its popularity among amateur gardeners. For growing echinacea seedlings, you can use food containers with a transparent plastic lid that transmits light well - in this case, you can do without building a greenhouse. Or you can sow the seeds in seedling cassettes and use a glass or transparent film cover to create greenhouse conditions.

    It is best to plant echinacea in personal cups with a diameter of 8-10 cm, so as not to further pick the seedlings.

    Echinacea seeds, unfortunately, have a low germination rate, so they require pre-sowing treatment. In the first days of March, echinacea seeds are wrapped before sowing for pecking in a napkin, constantly keeping it moist. When the sprouts hatch, the seeds are sown in a universal soil substrate to a depth of 5 mm, keeping an interval of 2-3 cm between rows and only slightly powdering the seeds on top with a thin layer of sand.

    The crops are carefully moistened with a spray and covered with a transparent material. Until germination, the seeds are kept in a bright place at a temperature of 13 ºC - the easiest way is to put the container with crops in a bright, unheated room.

    You will have to wait a long time for sprouts - a month or a half, and as soon as they appear, the coating is removed. Caring for echinacea seedlings is simple: moisten the soil as it dries, loosen the soil slightly, and if the seeds in the box have sprouted too thickly, prick them into cups when they develop 2-3 leaves. Be patient and careful, because echinacea is capricious and does not rush to grow at all.

    Carnation Grass

    This groundcover deserves recognition for its discreet, modest beauty and long flowering. It is grown both in rockeries and on alpine hills, and in flower beds, and in rocky areas where little grows. She is hardy, undemanding in care and at the same time charming. Carnation grass blooms three months after sowing, so it is better to start growing it in March.

    Carnation seedlings are sown in soil with a predominance of sand, watered, covered with glass and kept at a temperature of 16-22 ºC for two weeks. Shoots appear within two weeks, after which the glass is removed, and the temperature of the content is lowered by 2-4 ºC - the grass does not like heat. A month after the emergence of seedlings, in the development phase of 2-3 true leaves, the seedlings dive several pieces into one cup. Caring for carnation grass consists in watering as needed, top dressing with complete mineral fertilizer.

    Iberis

    The beauty and exoticism of the ground cover plant Iberis, or stennik, will not amaze you, its advantages are an unusual smell and absolute unpretentiousness in care. Moreover, all five types of plants are distinguished by unpretentiousness - Iberis pinnate, evergreen, Gibraltar, bitter and umbrella.

    Iberis seeds are sown in March in loose soil to a depth of 1 mm in disposable cups so that later seedlings do not have to be picked. It is best to use peat tablets for seedlings, which are first dipped in water to swell, and then put close to each other in one container. Crops in cups are sprayed with a spray bottle, and if you use peat tablets to grow seedlings, then moisture is not required. Crops are covered with glass or film and placed in a bright, cool place with a temperature of 15-17 ºC.

    You do not need to water the soil under the glass before germination, but it is necessary to ventilate the container daily and remove condensation from the coating. Shoots will appear in a week or two, and as soon as this has happened, the cover is removed from the crops, and the temperature of the content is briefly lowered to 13-15 ºC.

    Seedlings at home require regular watering, loosening the soil and thinning if the seedlings have come up too densely.

    Prickly Cleoma

    Cleoma is a tall exotic plant with an exquisitely shaped inflorescence resembling a flock of hummingbirds or a spray fountain. Peduncles of cleoma stand for a long time in the cut, and its specific smell repels pests. In our gardens, cleoma is still a rare guest, but its outlandish beauty is gradually gaining more and more fans.

    Planting seeds in March allows the cleoma to bloom early. As utensils for sowing, wooden boxes are most often used, although it is better to sow glue in peat tablets so as not to resort to further picking that injures the delicate roots of seedlings. Land for seedlings of cleoma is made up of two parts of humus, two parts of garden soil and one part of sand. Seeds are soaked for a day before sowing in a growth stimulant solution (in Agate or Epin) - this way you will not only speed up the germination of seedlings, but also help them quickly adapt to adverse conditions.

    Seeds are sown to a depth of 1 cm, and the soil is sprinkled on top with a thin layer of wood ash or compost, watered from a sprayer, covered with glass and placed in a warm, bright place. It is advisable to organize artificial lighting for seedlings at least a few hours a day. Take care of the crops as usual: water as needed, ventilate and remove condensation from the cover.

    Seedlings germinate slowly - they can emerge in a week, but more often you have to wait for the appearance of weak and thin shoots up to three weeks. As soon as the seedlings develop a pair of true leaves, they dive into small personal cups - peat or disposable, filled with a soil mixture of peat and humus. Be careful, transplant seedlings with an earthy clod.

    After picking, cleoma seedlings will grow intensively, and after two weeks you will need to feed them with mineral fertilizers for the first time, and then apply top dressing every two weeks. Basically, caring for seedlings of cleoma comes down to rare but abundant watering, and as a preventive treatment against black leg and other fungal diseases, seedlings are watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

    Lobularia, or annual alissum

    This plant attracts with cold resistance, drought resistance, undemanding care and amazing aroma. Alyssum flower is an excellent ground cover plant and honey plant.

    We sow seedlings at the end of February or beginning of March in cassettes with light nutrient soil with a low content of lime - pH 5.5-6.0. We distribute the seeds over the surface of the soil and do not sprinkle them with anything, just spray them with water, cover with a transparent lid and place in a bright place with a temperature of 10-12 ºC.

    You can expect seedlings from the fifth day, although the timing of their appearance depends on many reasons. For example, on how much you can provide crops with light, so just in case, organize artificial lighting to increase daylight hours by 3-4 hours. Water the seedlings as needed, trying to keep the soil slightly moist all the time. The room temperature must not rise. As soon as the seedlings have the first leaves, they begin to feed them weekly with a complex mineral fertilizer.

    At the stage of development of 2-3 true leaves, seedlings growing in a common box dive. It is advisable to transplant them into separate containers. 4-5 days after the picking, the seedlings are fed with potassium and nitrogen, and in order to stimulate abundant flowering, the side shoots of the seedlings are pruned. Lobularia will bloom in 6-7 weeks from the moment of germination.

    Fragrant Tobacco

    The aroma of this plant is mesmerizing, especially in the evenings when it is at its strongest, so one can easily forgive this biennial for its outward simplicity and homeliness. Another advantage of fragrant tobacco is that strong phytoncides protect not only the plant itself, but also its closest neighbors from pests.

    Seedlings are grown in March or early April. Preliminarily aged in wet gauze for swelling, the seeds are sown on the surface of moist soil, consisting in equal parts of garden soil, humus and peat, they are pressed tightly to the surface without being buried in the ground. You can sow seeds on a layer of snow, then the soil does not need to be watered before sowing.

    To make it easier to evenly distribute the seeds over the surface, they are mixed with sand in a ratio of 1:8 and scattered on the ground or snow. After sowing, the seeds are sprayed and covered with glass or a transparent airtight film to make a greenhouse for seedlings, and kept in a bright place at a temperature of 18-20 ºC.

    Seeds germinate after two to three weeks, and after that the cover should be removed immediately, and the crops moved as close as possible to the light, but they are shaded from direct sunlight. If your windows face north, northwest or northeast, you will most likely need to use artificial lighting to lengthen the daylight hours for seedlings by 4-5 hours.

    Water the seedlings sparingly as soon as the topsoil is dry. After the growth of the first two true leaves, the seedlings dive into separate containers, deepening them into the ground along the cotyledon leaves. A week after picking, the first top dressing is carried out with complete fertilizer with microelements, and Kemira-Lux has proven itself best in this capacity. The second top dressing with the same fertilizer is carried out in a week.

    Snapdragon, or antirrinum

    This charming, unpretentious, abundantly flowering plant from early June to mid-October, which we usually call "dogs", is sown for seedlings in the second decade of March, since from the moment of sowing to the beginning of flowering, the plant needs from 80 to 120 days.

    Sow the seeds in a light potting mix - flower potting soil available at the store. The surface of the soil is carefully leveled, shed with a light solution of potassium permanganate and compacted. Small snapdragon seeds are mixed with sand and evenly distributed over the surface of the soil without further incorporation. You can sow seeds on a layer of snow 1-2 cm thick, which is laid on a dry substrate. Melting snow will gradually draw the seeds into the substrate, saturated with melt water.

    The crops are covered with film or glass and placed in the light, maintaining the temperature in the room from 10 to 14 ºC. As soon as the soil dries, it is moistened with a spray bottle with water or a weak solution of potassium permanganate, which is a prevention against fungal diseases.

    Under favorable conditions, seedlings can be expected to germinate in ten to fourteen days. Seedling care consists in daily ventilation and removal of condensate from the film, and when the first leaf appears on the seedlings, the cover can be removed from the crops. In the phase of development of two leaves, seedlings dive 2-3 pieces into separate pots or into a box, seating them with an interval of 5-6 cm and deepening the cotyledon leaves. A long root during transplantation is shortened by a third to stimulate branching.

    Pickled seedlings are kept at a temperature of 15-18 ºC in a well-lit place with additional artificial lighting. Watering is carried out as the topsoil dries, and it is advisable to do this on a sunny day. A week after picking, the first top dressing is carried out with Uniflor-Rost or Kemira-Lux mineral fertilizers. Top dressing before planting in the ground is applied twice more with an interval of 7-10 days.

    Phlox Drummond

    This annual plant is both beautiful and fragrant. It decorates the garden with umbrella-shaped inflorescences of pink, white, lilac, cream, purple, red. There are varieties with an eye in the center of the flower.

    Phlox seeds that bloom in May-June are sown at the end of March. They are scattered on the surface of moist soil, and lightly sprinkled with sand on top. Crops are covered with glass or film, which must be lifted daily to ventilate and remove condensate. Sprouts appear after a week, and the coating is removed, and the container is moved to the light and ensure that the soil is always wet.

    When the first true leaf develops in the seedlings, they are dived in separate cups and continue to be moderately watered as soon as the topsoil dries out, and a week after the dive, the seedlings are fed with a solution of nitrogen fertilizer, then repeating top dressing every 10 days. In the development phase of 4-5 leaves, the seedlings are pinched for a more lush growth of the bush.

    Levkoy, or matthiola

    This is a well-known herbaceous plant with a heady aroma, cold-resistant and light-loving, so matthiola seeds are sown for seedlings at the end of March, when the day is not as short as in winter. The substrate for levkoy is made up of garden loam and sand, shed it a few days before sowing with a solution of Fitosporin or potassium permanganate and dried.

    Seeds are sown at a distance so that the grown seedlings do not obscure each other from the light, and it is convenient to dive them. From above, the seeds are sprinkled with a thin layer of soil in half with river sand, then the crops are covered with glass and kept in a bright place at a temperature of 18-20 ºC.

    As soon as seedlings appear, and if the seed is of good quality, this will happen after a few days, the cover is removed, the temperature of the content is lowered for several days to 8-12 ºC and 4-5 days after seed germination, the first watering of the crops is carried out. The picking of seedlings in peat cups is carried out even before the appearance of true leaves, when the cotyledons of the seedlings develop well.

    Add half a part of sand to the soddy soil in half with the sheet soil. It is also desirable to add a hydrogel to the substrate, which will contribute to the rapid development of the root system of young plants. Watering seedlings is carried out very moderately and only in the morning.

    Campanulas

    Campanulas are lovely delicate flowers. In nature, there are about 300 species of them, 13 of them grow in the middle lane. Bellflowers are unpretentious, easily adapt to any conditions of existence. In order to see their flowers as early as possible, seeds are sown in March on a layer of snow laid on a universal substrate. The container with crops is placed in a plastic bag and placed for two weeks in the vegetable box of the refrigerator for seed stratification, and then placed in a bright, warm place for germination, covering the container with glass or film. Seeds usually germinate in a week.

    After germination, the cover is removed and the temperature is lowered by 2-4 ºC. Seedling care consists in moderately moistening the soil when its top layer dries out, and picking seedlings in the development phase of 2-3 true leaves in separate pots.

    Climbing kobeya

    Liana, reaching a height of six meters, able to decorate any garden. Its leaves are heart-shaped, and the flowers resemble large bells. Kobeya blooms from July to October with white, burgundy, pale lilac or bright purple flowers.

    Seeds of kobei are sown after March 20 in separate cups with a moist universal soil substrate, having previously held them for several hours in Epin's solution. Some gardeners recommend sowing already pecked seeds. To do this, they are laid out at a distance from each other on a wet napkin or toilet paper folded in several layers, placed in a plastic bag and kept in a bright place for about two weeks.

    If mold appears on the seeds during this time, they are carefully washed and the napkin is changed. The seeds that have hatched are laid out in cups with the flat side to the ground and sprinkled with a layer of substrate 1-1.5 cm thick, after which the cups are placed in a container, which is placed in a warm place. Seedlings may appear in 2-4 weeks.

    The grown seedlings with two real leaves dive into larger cups - about 3 liters in order for the kobe to develop a powerful root system before planting in the ground. Before picking, the seedlings are watered abundantly, and then transplanted along with an earthen clod. A week after picking, the seedlings are fed with humate, and after another two weeks, you can re-feed the plant.

    Azarina climbing

    This creeper reaches a height of three to nine meters. Its small dark green leaves look like ivy leaves, and tubular flowers 3-4 cm long are white, purple, blue or lilac in color. Azarina blooms from June to late autumn.

    Three or four large Azarina seeds are pressed into the substrate placed in pots. There is no need to sprinkle seeds. The pots are placed in the light and covered with glass. Seedlings can be expected in two or three weeks if the room temperature is 18-20 ºC.

    As soon as the seeds germinate, the glass should be removed and the room temperature should be lowered to 15-18 ºC. For prevention, spill the soil in cups with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate. When the first true leaves appear, transplant the seedlings into larger pots, and when the azarin grows, place a support in each pot, and pinch the tops of the seedlings to stimulate the growth of lush bushes.

    Caring for flower seedlings in March

    We offer you an introduction to the generalized rules for growing seedlings that will help you grow seedlings of flowers that are not described by us.

    Irrigation of seedlings and indoor air humidity

    Usually, seeds are sown in moist soil, after which the container is covered with glass or film to prevent the soil from drying out, so crops do not need to be moistened before the seeds germinate. But with the advent of seedlings, the coating is removed, and it becomes necessary to water the seedlings. Water for moistening seedlings should be separated, at room temperature. Humidification is carried out through a fine sieve, in some cases it is more convenient to pour water under each seedling with a spoon.

    With regard to air humidity, in rooms with central heating it must be controlled and raised artificially as soon as necessary.

    Temperature and lighting

    Most crops germinate at 18-22 ºC, and seeds do not need light. But as soon as shoots appear, the container with crops must be moved as close as possible to the light, and the temperature, on the contrary, should be lowered to 16-18 ºC for several days.

    Daylight hours in March are still not long enough, and growing seedlings often lack light. You can correct this shortcoming by arranging lighting for seedlings with fluorescent lamps or phytolamps, turning them on a couple of hours before sunrise and for a couple of hours in the evening, extending daylight hours. Do not use ordinary incandescent lamps for lighting, they will not be of any use.

    Seedling picking

    In the phase of development of the first true leaves, seedlings are dived to provide seedlings with more nutrient area. Picking is useful for plants, because after it their root system develops better, and seedlings grow stronger. However, some crops have too fragile roots, so an extra transplant jeopardizes the life of the plant. Such plants are grown in peat tablets or peat pots without picking.

    Those crops that are in favor of the pick are watered abundantly before the procedure, then the seedlings are carefully removed from the soil with a clod of earth with a wooden stick, the end of the root is pinched and transplanted into a large container in the depression marked with the stick. It is better to plant in dry ground, and after picking, water the seedling. Seedlings with a well-developed, strong root system can dive into moist soil. After picking, it is desirable to shade the plants for 2-3 days from direct sun.

    Top dressing

    An important component of the successful cultivation of seedlings is top dressing with mineral or organic fertilizers, which must be applied 2-3 times during the seedling period. Seedlings are not fed before picking. It is desirable to carry out the first top dressing at the stage of development of seedlings with 2-3 true leaves, and the last - a week before planting seedlings in open ground. Feeding is carried out no more than once a week, but it is better to do it twice a month. By the way, not every seedling needs to be fed.

    When to plant seedlings in open ground

    Usually, seedlings are planted in open ground after spring frosts have passed, from which seedlings that are not yet fully established under unusual conditions may suffer. The best time to transplant seedlings to a flower bed is the end of May or the beginning of June. It is not scary if the seedlings began to bloom even in seedling pots.

    In order to prepare seedlings for garden conditions, two weeks before planting, they begin to harden. To do this, the container with seedlings is taken out during the day for some time to fresh air, at first protecting the plants from direct sunlight, precipitation and drafts. Every day, the duration of the session increases, and before planting in the ground, the seedlings should spend in the fresh air around the clock.

    Each type of plant has its own order and scheme for planting, but here's a tip for all flowers: if you are afraid that night frosts may return, cover the bed with young plants at least overnight for a few days until the seedlings take root. And during the day it would be nice to shade flower seedlings from the burning sun until their leaves restore turgor. As soon as the plants get used to the new place and begin to grow, they will no longer be afraid of the slight drop in temperature at this time of the year, or the too bright sun.

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    When to plant flowers in March 2023 - sowing days according to the lunar calendar

    In the first month of spring, daylight hours are added daily, which has a good effect on plants. The sowing continues! In March, various flower crops are sown both by seedling and seedless method. Immediately planted in the soil only in the southern regions where there is no snow. In many regions of our country, seedlings of flowers are grown at this time. When to plant flowers in March 2023, you will learn from the article.

    Table of Contents
    1. When seedlings are sown in March 2. Calendar for planting flower seedlings in March3. Terms of sowing seeds in open ground in early spring 4. When to plant in different regions5. Dates for planting nine flower crops in March 6. Useful recommendations for flower growers

    Many flower crops are planted in March

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    Dates for sowing flowers for seedlings in March 2023

    Experienced gardeners and gardeners often use the lunar calendar in their practice . The moon changes daily: its position in the signs of the Zodiac changes, as well as its phases.

    It is recommended to sow flower seeds and plant seedlings on the waxing moon: these are favorable days for sowing. On neutral days, sowing work, as well as plant transplantation, is also possible. The seed will germinate, but noticeably more slowly, the seedlings will take root, but also not as actively as at a favorable time. Planting in an unfavorable period is not recommended. Unfavorable times are days when there is a full moon, solar, lunar eclipse or new moon.

    9029, 31 numbers.

    6 and 7 (on the full moon) do not sow or transplant seedlings, as well as on the new moon (20-22).

    Try to work on favorable days

    When to plant flowers in different regions in early spring

    The timing of planting flowers depends on the region where you live.

    1. Middle lane (including the Moscow region) . For seedlings, flowers are sown all month. The timing of sowing depends on the crop and on what time flower seedlings are needed (sowing is carried out at the beginning of the month or at the end of March). Flower seeds are not sown or planted in the ground, as there is still snow. Seedlings of perennial crops sown this month will bloom the same year.
    2. Siberia and Urals . In Siberia and the Urals, the situation is similar to that in the middle lane. So far, nothing has been planted in the ground. Grow seedlings at home and sow seeds of various colors.
    3. Far East. Large region. Closer to the north, in the central and southern parts, seeds are sown and seedlings are grown throughout the month.
    4. Southern regions. Spring has already come into its own here. Throughout March, seeds are sown, seedlings are grown. In the second and third decade of the month, seeds begin to be sown in a greenhouse or in a greenhouse.

      Echinacea

      Sow in common seedling containers in the third decade of March.

      Scabiosa

      To obtain seedlings, seeds are sown in February and throughout March.

      Ratibida

      Sowing is carried out in the third decade of March.

      Aquilegia

      Sow in the second or third decade of March.

      Lunaria

      Seeds are sown throughout the month.

      Primula

      Sow the whole month.

      Delphinium

      Start sowing after the 20th.

      Perennial lavender

      Seeds are sown for seedlings during March.

      Many varieties of flowers are planted in March, most of them are grown through seedlings (photo by O. Nikonorova)

      General recommendations for planting flowers

      Seeds of different crops have different germination rates. Freshly harvested specimens do not need to be further processed. And seeds older than 1–2 years are best treated before planting in order to improve their germination. They can be soaked in Epin or Zircon. It is necessary to dilute drugs strictly according to the instructions from the manufacturer, otherwise you can get the opposite effect. From folk remedies, you can use aloe juice.

      Choose light, moisture-absorbing and nutritious soil for growing flower seedlings. In some crops, the seeds are large and have a hard shell. They can be rubbed with sandpaper. The shell will become thinner, and the seeds will germinate faster and more amicably. This procedure is called scarification.

      All perennial crops require seed stratification. The seeds are placed in the refrigerator in the vegetable section and kept there for at least a month, and preferably two. Can be stratified under snow. In winter, when snow falls, the seeds are laid out in a container with soil, covered with a lid and placed under the snow until spring.

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      It is convenient to plant very small seeds in the snow. Soil is poured into the container, a small layer of snow is applied to it. Level the snow with your hands so that the surface is even, and evenly distribute the seeds over the snow. Seeds are clearly visible on white snow: it is so easy to regulate the density of sowing. Seeds can be spread with a toothpick or fingers. When the snow melts, it will pull the seeds into the ground with it, naturally deepening them. This technique is often used when sowing petunias.

      Large seeds are planted in holes or grooves with a depth equal to three seed lengths. Medium-sized seeds are scattered in an even layer and sprinkled with a layer of vermiculite (0.5–0.7 cm) on top. In early March, seedlings may need additional lighting. Already from mid-March, lighting is not needed if the seedling boxes are on the windowsills. If on racks, then it is necessary to illuminate it.

      Important

      It is very important to choose the right containers for growing flower seedlings. You should not take high boxes, as it will be inconvenient to dive later. The container should be with low walls, which should keep its shape well.

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