What to plant in March

Q:    What can I be starting indoors and planting outdoors?

Cheery Primroses can be planted in March

A: Start begonia tubers, callas, and caladiums indoors now for planting out in late May.

St. Patrick's Day is the traditional time to plant peas, shallots and onion sets.  Plant potatoes later this month once the soil is a little warmer. By late March, plant out bare root strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, horseradish, and berry bushes. 

Start seeds indoors for cool crops like cabbage, broccoli, leeks, celery, endive, lettuce, kale, cauliflower, and kohlrabi to plant outside in mid-April.

Add some much needed spring color by planting out early blooming flowers like pansies, primroses, and potted spring flowering bulbs as they become available at the garden centers.

Late March is a great time for planting bare root roses, trees, shrubs, and vines.

Read our Q & As with Keith Funk answering common Colorado gardening questions here. You can also hear him on the Garden Wise Radio Show on Legends 810AM.