What to plant in March in Ireland
16 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in March in Ireland, for the climate around Dublin, Ireland.
Climate: A cool, wet oceanic climate with mild summers (highs around 18-20 °C), occasional frosts from November to March, and rain spread through the year with the wettest months in autumn and winter.
Vegetables
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Cool, moist summers suit tubers, and sprouted seed potatoes are widely sold in spring.
Harvest: 90–120 daysEasyIn pots
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Mild summers and cool nights prevent bolting, so it can be sown in succession for much of the year.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Onion Allium cepa
Long daylight in early summer bulbs up well when sets are planted in spring.
Harvest: 120–160 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Pea Pisum sativum
Cool springs and summers suit peas, which crop well before the late-summer heat would matter.
Harvest: 60–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Broad bean Vicia faba
Hardy and tolerant of cool, damp conditions, it can even be sown in autumn for an early crop.
Harvest: 80–120 daysEasyIn pots
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It thrives in the cool, moist spring and autumn weather and grows quickly.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Fast-growing and cool-season, it gives quick crops between other plantings.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Apple Malus domestica
Fully hardy, and the cool, long autumns allow the fruit to ripen well.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerateCare guide →
Pear Pyrus communis
Hardy and reliable on a sheltered, sunny wall or in a warm corner of the garden.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate
Plum Prunus domestica
Hardy European plums fruit well in Irish gardens, especially when trained against a sunny wall.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy and productive in cool summers, and it grows well in containers and hanging baskets.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Fully hardy canes that tolerate the cool, damp climate and give reliable summer fruit.
Harvest: 1–2 yearsEasyCare guide →
Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
Thrives in the cool, moist climate and needs the winter chill to fruit well.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasy
Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa
Very hardy and happy in cool, damp conditions, producing a dependable crop in partial sun.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasy
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Hardy and productive in cool, moist conditions, and it keeps giving leaves for months.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Fully hardy and perennial, it regrows reliably after every cut in the Irish climate.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →