Alder
Alnus × mayrii
- USDA zones
- 4–7
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Bloom time
What blooms in March?
March divides the country. Spring is underway in the South, with daffodils, forsythia, and early magnolias. In the North the soil is still cold, so most perennials wait another month.
436 plants in the Rita's Garden Path library are recorded as blooming in March.
March bloomers at a glance
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Allegheny spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Almond
Prunus dulcis
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Princeton'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana 'Jefferson'
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American elm
Ulmus americana
- USDA zones
- 2–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
American hazelnut
Corylus americana
- USDA zones
- 4–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
American liverwort
Hepatica americana
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bay laurel
Laurus nobilis
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bird's foot violet
Viola pedata
- USDA zones
- 4–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Dry to medium
Birthwort
Aristolochia californica
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bishop's hat
Epimedium pinnatum subsp. Colchicum
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Dry to medium
Black hellebore
Helleborus niger
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Black poplar
Populus nigra 'Italica'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Blood orange
Citrus × sinensis 'Moro'
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Part shade to full shade
- Water
- Medium
Blue moor grass
Sesleria caerulea
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Arnold Giant'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Beatrix Farrand'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Sunrise'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Courdijau' GOLDEN PEEP
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Variegata'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Flojor' MINIGOLD
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Mindor' SHOW OFF
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood Variety'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Border forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia 'Kolgold' MAGICAL GOLD
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Boxelder
Acer negundo 'Flamingo'
- USDA zones
- 3–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
Boxelder
Acer negundo
- USDA zones
- 2–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium to wet
Brazilian joyweed
Alternanthera brasiliana 'Purple Prince'
- USDA zones
- 9–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Bridal wreath spiraea
Spiraea prunifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Broom
Genista spachiana
- USDA zones
- 8–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
- USDA zones
- 7–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Candytuft
Iberis sempervirens 'Weisser Zwerg'
- USDA zones
- 3–8
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Carolina yellow jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
Cherry laurel
Prunus caroliniana
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chickasaw plum
Prunus angustifolia
- USDA zones
- 5–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese fringe flower
Loropetalum chinense
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese fringe-flower
Loropetalum chinense f. Rubrum 'Razzle-Dazzle'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese fringe-flower
Loropetalum chinense 'Pizazz'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese fringe-flower
Loropetalum chinense 'Rubrum'
- USDA zones
- 7–10
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese fringe-flower
Loropetalum chinense f. Rubrum 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia'
- USDA zones
- 7–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese redbud
Cercis chinensis 'Avondale'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese redbud
Cercis chinensis 'Don Egolf'
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese redbud
Cercis chinensis
- USDA zones
- 6–9
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese water-pine
Glyptostrobus pensilis
- USDA zones
- 7–11
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Wet
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Goldcrest'
- USDA zones
- 6–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Chinese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Princeton Gold'
- USDA zones
- 5–8
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
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