Dates for Sowing Seeds
Many flower (both annuals and perennials), as well as vegetables, can be successfully and cost-effectively grown from seed. Some are direct-sown into the garden, while others are best started indoors. Below are suggested sowing dates in our area for a variety of common vegetables and flowers.
Vegetables (plants marked with a * do well if direct-sown)
* Beans (lima) - May 1
* Beans (snap) - April 25
Beets - March 20
Broccoli - February 5
Cabbage - February 5
* Carrots - March 20
* Chard - April 1
Collard - February 15
* Corn - May 1
* Cucumber - May 1
Eggplant - March 1
* Lettuce - March 20
* Kale - April 1
* Mustard - April 1
* Okra - May 1
* Peas - March 5
Peppers - March 10
* Radishes - March 10
* Spinach - March 1
* Melons, Squash & Pumpkins - May 1
Tomatoes - March 1
* Turnips - March 10
Annuals
Sow outdoors after March 1
Sweet peas
Sweet alyssum
Larkspur
Annual poppies
Sow outdoors after May 1
Bachelor buttons
Calendula
Castor bean
Cosmos
Hyacinth bean
Marigolds
Morning glories
Nasturtiums
Sunflowers
Zinnia
Sow indoors Feb 15 – March 1
Ageratum
Amaranth
Cleome
Coleus
Impatiens
Lavatera
Nicotiana
Petunia
Salvia
Snapdragon
Statice