Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Cabbage works best when you decide what kind of head you want before you even set out the transplant.
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Plants for USDA Zone 3
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Cantaloupe
Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis
Cantaloupe is won by timing warmth, not by babying plants forever. The vine needs hot soil, enough leaf area to sweeten the fruit…
Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Carrots are decided underground long before harvest. The bed has to be deep, fine, and stone free enough for the root shape you…
Catmint
Nepeta spp.
Catmint carries months of blue over a tough gray-green mound, then splits wide open the moment its first flush is done.
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
Cauliflower is a crop of narrow margins. The plant has to keep growing without a check, form its curd in cool weather, and get…
Celery
Apium graveolens
Celery is a long, cool-season crop that only tastes worth the bed space when you protect moisture from transplant to harvest.
Clematis
Clematis spp.
A Clematis grips with its leaf stalks, so it can only climb something thin, and every cut you make depends on which of three…
Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Many gardeners overwater and overpamper Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), then wonder why it flops or rots.
Corn
Zea mays
Sweet corn only earns its space when the patch is big enough to pollinate itself and strong enough to stay watered through…
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