What to plant in March in Romania
15 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in March in Romania, for the climate around Bucharest, Romania.
Climate: Cold winters with hard frosts down to about -13 °C, hot summers reaching 37 °C, and rain concentrated in late spring, summer and autumn, with a drier late summer.
Vegetables
Carrot Daucus carota
Cool spring and autumn soils suit sweet roots, and successive sowings extend the harvest.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and early autumn weather gives crisp leaves, and it grows well in shallow containers.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Quick-maturing roots suit the cool shoulder seasons and need almost no care.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Onion Allium cepa
Hardy sets planted in early spring store well in the continental climate.
Harvest: 100–120 days from setsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Garden pea Pisum sativum
Cool spring weather suits peas well, and an early autumn sowing also works.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Cool spring soils suit seed potatoes, which yield well in the moderate summers.
Harvest: 80–110 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy plants survive the frosts and produce sweet berries in early summer.
Harvest: 1 year from plantingEasyIn potsCare guide →
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Cold-hardy canes survive the frozen winters and fruit reliably in the summers.
Harvest: 1–2 years from plantingEasyCare guide →
Apple Malus domestica
Apple trees tolerate the deep winter cold and get enough chilling hours for good crops.
Harvest: 3–5 years from plantingModerateCare guide →
Sour cherry Prunus cerasus
Very hardy and heat-tolerant, it thrives in the continental climate and needs little care.
Harvest: 3–4 years from plantingEasy
Plum Prunus domestica
Hardy trees handle the frosts and hot summers well, giving reliable crops of fruit.
Harvest: 3–5 years from plantingModerate
Pear Pyrus communis
The cold winters and warm summers suit pears, which are tolerant of the continental climate.
Harvest: 4–6 years from plantingModerate
Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
This shrub is very cold-hardy and produces dependable crops even after harsh winters.
Harvest: 2–3 years from plantingEasy
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Hardy and cold-tolerant, it keeps producing leaves through the cool seasons.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Perennial and fully hardy, chives regrow each spring after the frosts.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →