Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
Asparagus rewards careful establishment with spring harvests for many years.
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Plants for USDA Zone 3
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Aster
Symphyotrichum spp.
Gardeners blame the weather when an Aster splits open in September, but the shape was decided in early summer.
Astilbe
Astilbe spp.
An Astilbe puts real color into a shade bed that would otherwise be green on green, but its shallow roots hold no reserve and its…
Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris
Two different plants share the name bean, one that stays knee-high and gives most of its crop inside two or three weeks, and one…
Beet
Beta vulgaris
Beet care starts with one unusual fact. Each seed ball can make several seedlings, so the crop needs early thinning, cool…
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
A Black-Eyed Susan patch outlives the plants in it. The common garden species lives one to three years and restocks itself from…
Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
A Bleeding Heart banks a fixed budget in its rhizomes and spends all of it on four to six weeks of spring flower, then withdraws…
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
Broccoli heads form best in steady growth at average temperatures of 65 to 75 F, so the planting date decides most of the…
Brussels Sprouts
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera
Brussels sprouts are not a quick brassica with many tiny heads. They are a long-season stalk crop that only tastes worth the…
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