What to plant in March

Gardening in March

In general, a garden calendar helps you a lot to have healthy and flowering plants on the balcony all year round. In such a calendar, which you can create yourself, there are notes on all gardening work relating to the planting time and care tips that are also important for the balcony.

They should be evergreen little ones Hedge plants on your balcony, the first week of March is already suitable for pruning them.

If you Roses in pots, you can now remove the winter protection, cut back the plants and pile up fresh soil around them. In this way, the plants are still adequately protected from the night frost in March.

If you would like to sow and harvest tomatoes as potted plants on your own balcony in summer, you can sow in small pots in your apartment as early as March.

Otherwise, generally check all plants for dead branches and remove the dead material.

If your window boxes have been empty over the winter, you can now prepare them for planting. Remove the old potting soil, clean everything thoroughly and fill it with fresh potting soil. The new plants need loose soil.

If you planted the boxes with heather over the winter, check whether the plants are still alive or have frozen. Winter heather and others Perennials can, repotted in tubs or a flat, knocked out fruit box, survive the summer and be replanted.

Suitable plants in March

plant	characteristic
snowdrop	bloom as early as January or February can be planted anywhere
crocus	Colors: yellow, blue and purple bloom from February to March
daffodil	Daffodils are undemanding have different colors Flowering time in March
tulip	The tulip has different colors and sizes blooms in March or April

Planting the terrace - you have to keep that in mind

• Start planning the planting in good time.
• Early bloomer choose that produce leaves and flowers early in the year.
• Fill the planter with potting soil.
• Dig up the bed and use the soil compost prepare for sowing or planting.
• Sprinkle the soil with plant fertilizer so that the plants receive enough nutrients as early as March.
• Think of a minimum distance of around five centimeters for each flower.
• Do not water too often in March because of the high humidity.
• Water more often in summer.
• If necessary, protect the plants with fleece.

Preference for flower bulbs

You also have the option of the Onions take it out of the ground again in February and slowly get it used to the warmth before you bring it into the house. There you pull them out so far that you can plant them again in March. This is how you can trick nature a bit.

However, it can happen that the plants resent you because it naturally costs the flowers a lot of energy and you may not survive the next winter. It would be more ideal, if you prefer, if you have already left the onions to overwinter in a cool, dark place in the house.

Then you can take them out of winter storage in February and move them to a cool place in the apartment. Make sure that the onions are not getting too much heat yet. It can still be cold outside in March and there is usually still frost at night.

Keep in mind when setting the Flower bulbsthat opulence looks most beautiful. For example, it can look impressive if you put the bulbs of the small grape hyacinths in all the boxes. These then bloom at the same time and you have a veritable sea of ​​flowers in March. They are available with white flowers and in various shades of purple and blue.