What to plant in March in Denmark
13 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in March in Denmark, for the climate around Skåne, southern Sweden (near Lund).
Climate: Cold winters with frosts down to about -15 °C from November to February, mild summers reaching about 30 °C, and fairly even rain of 25 to 98 mm a month, wettest from June to October.
Vegetables
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Spinach thrives in cool weather and tolerates light frost, so it can be sown in spring and again in late summer.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Garden pea Pisum sativum
Hardy peas sown after the last frost in March or April crop well before the summer heat.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyCare guide →
Broad bean Vicia faba
Broad beans tolerate cold springs and give an early harvest before the hottest weather.
Harvest: 80–100 daysEasy
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Lettuce loves the cool, moderate temperatures of spring and autumn here.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Leek Allium ampeloprasum
Leeks are very frost-hardy and can stay in the ground through the winter for harvest.
Harvest: 120–150 daysEasy
Fruits
Apple Malus domestica
Hardy apple rootstocks survive the -15 °C winters and need the cool summers to set fruit.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerateCare guide →
Pear Pyrus communis
Hardy pear varieties tolerate the local winter and ripen fruit in the warm late summer.
Harvest: 4–6 yearsModerate
Plum Prunus domestica
European plums are fully hardy here and benefit from the warm late summers.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate
Sour cherry Prunus cerasus
Sour cherries are very cold-hardy and fruit reliably in this climate, unlike sweet cherries.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Raspberry canes are hardy to deep frost and produce well in the moist, cool summers.
Harvest: 1–2 yearsEasyCare guide →
Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
Blackcurrants need a long cold winter to fruit well, which this location provides.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasy
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Parsley tolerates cold and reseeds freely in the cool, moist climate.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Chives are fully hardy perennials that return every spring.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →