Plant intelligence for real garden decisions.

Broccolini wants an early start and a steady hand. Get it rooted before the heat starts talking over everything.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Broccoli is brave, but it is not invincible. A calm cool stretch makes better heads than a calendar date ever will.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Kale is one of the first plants that makes the garden feel occupied again. Give it cool weather and it gives back confidence.

1 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Cabbage rewards patience. It does not want drama, just room, moisture, and a steady season.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Cauliflower is a bit high-strung. Do not make it prove itself in ugly weather.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Lettuce is spring's soft opening. Sow a little, often, before summer gets loud.

4 per square foot; hardy; 3 variety options.

Spinach is honest about the season. It thrives while the air still has a cold edge.

9 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Arugula is fast, peppery, and a little impatient. That is part of the charm.

9 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Peas are worth planting when your hands still get cold. They like the brave beginning.

8 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Radishes are garden punctuation. Quick, bright, and useful while slower crops are still thinking.

16 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Carrots test your patience before they reward it. Keep the seedbed damp and do not go digging for proof too soon.

16 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Beets give twice: greens first, roots later. Let them have enough room to become themselves.

9 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Chard is generous without being fussy. It brings color and keeps feeding you after flashier crops fade.

4 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Onions are quiet workers. They ask for early commitment and clean beds.

9 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Potatoes like cool soil and a little mystery. Tuck them in, hill them up, and let the underground work happen.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Tomatoes are not invited outside just because one afternoon got charming. Wait for warm nights and willing soil.

1 per square foot; tender; 3 variety options.

Peppers remember every cold insult. Keep them warm, then pretend the delay was your plan all along.

1 per square foot; heat-loving; 3 variety options.

Cucumbers want warmth and momentum. Give them a trellis and do not let them go thirsty when they begin to perform.

2 per square foot; tender; 2 variety options.

Zucchini starts polite and then takes the room. Plan for its confidence.

Needs several squares; tender; 0 variety options.

Winter squash is a promise you make to October. Do not squeeze it into a bed that cannot keep the promise.

Needs several squares; tender; 0 variety options.

Beans need warm soil more than encouragement. Wait, then sow with confidence.

9 per square foot; tender; 0 variety options.

Pole beans are vertical optimism. Give them something sturdy and let them climb.

8 per square foot; tender; 0 variety options.

Corn wants company. Plant it in a block, not a lonely little line.

4 per square foot; tender; 0 variety options.

Basil is summer perfume. Do not make it shiver just because you are impatient.

4 per square foot; heat-loving; 2 variety options.

Parsley takes its time. That does not mean it failed; it just refuses to be rushed.

4 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Cilantro is a cool-weather agreement. Sow small rounds and let it move fast.

9 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Dill makes the garden feel inhabited. Let some flower for insects and for beauty.

4 per square foot; semi-hardy; 0 variety options.

Garlic is a fall promise. You bury it when the garden is ending and it answers back in spring.

9 per square foot; hardy; 0 variety options.

Sunflowers are not subtle, and thank goodness. Put them where their height can do some good.

1 per square foot; tender; 3 variety options.

Marigolds are little lanterns in the vegetable bed. Useful, bright, and hard to regret.

1 per square foot; tender; 2 variety options.

Calendula belongs at the edge of things, softening the vegetable bed without demanding much.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Dahlias ask you to believe in August while you are still standing in May.

Needs several squares; tender; 2 variety options.

Zinnias are the cheerful kind of practical. They bring pollinators, cut stems, and color that makes the vegetable bed feel invited to a party.

1 per square foot; tender; 3 variety options.

Cosmos makes the garden loosen its shoulders. It is airy, generous, and best when you do not overfeed it.

1 per square foot; tender; 3 variety options.

Nasturtium is a little wild in the best way. It tumbles, blooms, feeds bees, and gives the bed a peppery edge.

1 per square foot; tender; 3 variety options.

Borage is blue-starred confidence. Bees find it immediately, and the bed feels more alive for having it there.

Needs several squares; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Sweet alyssum is the garden's low hum. It edges paths, feeds tiny beneficial insects, and softens the hard lines of a square bed.

4 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Snapdragons carry spring like a secret. They are worth the early start when you want flowers before summer takes over.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 3 variety options.

Celosia waits for heat and then shows off. It is all flame and velvet once summer finally means it.

1 per square foot; heat-loving; 3 variety options.

Bachelor buttons are old-fashioned in the most useful way. Blue flowers in cool air make the whole bed feel awake.

1 per square foot; hardy; 2 variety options.

Flowering amaranth is not background music. Use it when you want height, drama, and late-season color with a pulse.

Needs several squares; heat-loving; 3 variety options.

Strawflowers hold summer after summer has left. They are useful if the garden should keep speaking in winter.

1 per square foot; tender; 2 variety options.

Gomphrena is patient little architecture. It waits for heat, then gives clean color for weeks.

1 per square foot; heat-loving; 2 variety options.

Scabiosa brings a softer rhythm to the bed. It is delicate looking, but not helpless.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Stock is a cool-spring luxury. It earns a square by making the whole bed smell more alive.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Larkspur belongs to the brave cold edge of the season. Sow it before the easy weather arrives.

1 per square foot; hardy; 2 variety options.

Nigella is lacework for the vegetable bed. It slips into small spaces and leaves behind beautiful seed pods.

4 per square foot; hardy; 2 variety options.

Sweet peas are all scent and timing. Give them cool roots, a trellis, and no argument with July.

4 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Black-eyed Susans make the garden look settled, as if summer has put down roots.

1 per square foot; semi-hardy; 2 variety options.

Mealycup sage gives blue structure without demanding much. Bees understand it immediately.

1 per square foot; tender; 2 variety options.

Tall verbena is a transparent curtain of purple. It lets the bed breathe while pollinators work through it.

Needs several squares; tender; 2 variety options.

Petunias are not subtle, but they can soften a bed edge fast when summer finally opens.

1 per square foot; tender; 2 variety options.

Cleome is tall, strange, and useful in the right corner. It gives height without pretending to be tidy.

Needs several squares; tender; 2 variety options.