March is here and it sure feels like it! The sunny afternoons and warm breezes are a welcomed gesture from Mother Nature. Bring spring home with fresh seasonal color for your flowerbeds and containers. Get excited to get your hands dirty and let’s grow!
What are the best plants to grow now in your Texas garden? Here is a helpful planting list to get you ready to grow. Plus, learn March garden care tips so you can keep your lawn and garden happy and healthy.
What garden maintenance should you do now in your Texas garden?
MARCH GARDEN CHECKLIST:
- Apply Soil Mender® Turf Mender to revive the soil
- Spray visible winter weeds with Bonide® Weed Beater Southern Lawns RTS
- Plant spring annual & perennial flowers with Calloway’s Premium Flowerbed Garden Soil and fertilize with Calloway’s Premium Flower Food
- Purchase caladium bulbs
- Amend vegetable beds with Calloway’s Organic Garden Compost
- Cut back ornamental grasses before new growth appears
- Replant containers with seasonal color using Calloway’s Premium Container Potting Soil
Near the end of the month or early next month, apply lawn food.
- For new lawns apply, Calloway’s Premium Lawn Food 21-5-10.
- For mature lawns apply, Calloway’s Premium Phosphorus Free Lawn Food 21-0-0.
MARCH ORGANIC GARDEN CHECKLIST:
- Fertilize all planting areas
- Mulch all bare soil with Calloway’s Premium Organic Hardwood or Cedar Mulch
- Amend vegetable beds with Calloway’s Organic Garden Compost
- Apply Soil Mender® Turf Mender to revive the soil
- Fertilize lawn with Calloway’s Natural Lawn & Garden Food
- Replant containers with seasonal color using Calloway’s Organic Container Potting Soil
Download your FREE Monthly Lawn and Garden Checklist here for year-long garden tips!
What are the best types of plants to grow now in DFW and Houston?
COOL SEASON COLOR
Geraniums
Geraniums are balls of lightly scented blooms at the ends of tall stems from late spring to early fall. These flowers are wonderful for cutting and make a statement in flowerbeds and containers. They grow best in partial shade to full sun.
Petunias
Petunias are one of the most popular bedding plants. With a long flowering period, you can enjoy petunias throughout the season. Easy-to-grow and available in a rainbow of delightful colors, these beauties are great in flowerbeds, containers, and mass plantings.
WARM SEASON COLOR
Begonias
Senator iQ Begonias are one of the darkest bronze-leaf begonias you will find, lending to a beautiful contrast between flowers and foliage. They are perfect for the shade.
Ambassador Begonias are known for their early, large flowers on compact plants in rich green leaf. These begonias grow best in the sun.
Impatiens
Impreza™ Impatiens are draped in stunning and colorful round flowers from mid spring to late summer. Its small pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season. They grow best in shade to partial shade.
Tradewinds ™ Tropical Hibiscus
Enjoy an island getaway in your landscape with beautiful Tradewinds™ Tropical Hibiscus. These amazing blooms are full of bright and bold colors that will easily transform your garden to a tropical haven. Tropical Hibiscus need full sunlight to thrive.
COOL SEASON VEGETABLES
Enjoy a crisp fresh salad or side dish with cool season vegetables from Chef Jeff’s®. Now is the time to plant leafy and root crops like lettuce, Brussel sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower. Cool season vegetables should be planted in early March.
WARM SEASON VEGETABLES
Get ready for a delicious summer and start planting your warm season vegetables.
Chef Jeff’s® beans, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and melons should be planted about two weeks after the last freeze.
SUMMER AND FALL PERENNIALS
Azaleas, roses, holly, boxwoods are all great plants for yearly color or attractive foliage. For blooming perennials, know each plant’s prime blooming season, height, width, and color to create a lasting display of everchanging color.
SHOP FOR PLANTS WITH EASE
At Calloway’s and Cornelius, we have convenient ways to shop for your gardening needs! Shop our open-air stores, shop online, or call our plant store nearest you and place an order over the phone for Curbside Pickup!
Stop by today and check out our fresh selections arriving now! Questions? Call our plant shop nearest you! Our Texas Certified Nursery Professionals are here to help!
