What to sow in March
In zone 8, most of the UK, March has 15 crops to sow or plant: lettuce, radish, carrot, spinach, broad bean, green manure (phacelia), pea and beetroot.
Sow direct in March
Plant out in March
What to harvest in March
In the other zones
| Zone 6−23 to −18 °C (−10 to 0 °F): high mountains | onion, broad bean and pea |
|---|---|
| Zone 7−18 to −12 °C (0 to 10 °F): upland Britain, eastern France, the Alps | lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, spinach, broad bean, strawberry, green manure (phacelia), pea, turnip, potato, raspberry, parsley and chives |
| Zone 8 (reference)−12 to −7 °C (10 to 20 °F): most of the UK and France | lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, spinach, broad bean, strawberry, green manure (phacelia), pea, beetroot, turnip, potato, raspberry, parsley and chives |
| Zone 9−7 to −1 °C (20 to 30 °F): south-west England, Brittany, Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts | lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, sunflower, spinach, strawberry, flower strip, green manure (phacelia), leek, pea, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, potato, raspberry, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint and celery |
| Zone 10−1 to 4 °C (30 to 40 °F): Isles of Scilly, the French Riviera, coastal Corsica | tomato, cherry tomato, lettuce, radish, carrot, courgette, dwarf bean, sweet corn, sunflower, basil, flower strip, green manure (phacelia), leek, cucumber, winter squash, red kuri squash, climbing bean, beetroot, sweet pepper, aubergine, potato, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint and melon |
Indicative months. A cold year or a garden at altitude shifts everything by a month; watch the frosts too.
Next month
April brings sunflower, flower strip, leek, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, thyme, rosemary, mint and celery: make room for them now.
Questions about March
What to sow in March in zone 8?
Sow direct: lettuce, radish, carrot, spinach, broad bean, green manure (phacelia), pea, beetroot, turnip, parsley and chives. Plant out: onion, strawberry, potato and raspberry. The table above covers zones 6 to 10.
What is harvested in March?
radish, pea, thyme, rosemary, chives and mint, depending on the sowing or planting date.
I am in zone 7 or zone 9, what changes?
Zone 7: lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, spinach, broad bean, strawberry, green manure (phacelia), pea, turnip, potato, raspberry, parsley and chives. Zone 9: lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, sunflower, spinach, strawberry, flower strip, green manure (phacelia), leek, pea, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, potato, raspberry, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint and celery. A colder zone shifts sowing by about a month; Hortipix uses your own zone.
Updated 20 October 2026, Hortipix catalogue version 1. Windows still being checked against Le Guide Clause, Vilmorin and Terre vivante (RHS and Cornell for the UK and the US), compared with OpenFarm (CC0). They remain indicative.