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🔥Heat wave — up to 111°FWater containers twice a day and move small pots into afternoon shade. Expect tomatoes and peppers to drop blossoms above 90°F; they resume when it breaks.
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What to plant right now
42 of 72 plants can be started today · zone 8b · 281-day season.
🌾 Sow directly outdoors 1
Sow seed straight into the pot it will live in — these dislike being moved.
🥔PotatoSolanum tuberosumA grow bag of potatoes is the most satisfying harvest in container gardening. Tip it out and it feels like treasure.Full details
🪴 Move plants outdoors 1
Seedlings and nursery plants can safely go into their outdoor containers now.
🧅LeekAllium ampeloprasum var. porrumThe most cold-tolerant vegetable here — leeks stand in frozen soil all winter and get sweeter for it.Full details
🪟 Grow indoors year-round 40
Independent of the weather. Start these on a windowsill or under a light on any day of the year.
🟠TurmericCurcuma longaGinger's brilliant orange cousin. Same easy culture, more dramatic foliage, and a genuinely beautiful houseplant.Full details
🌶️Thai ChiliCapsicum annuum 'Thai'A tidy little ornamental bush covered in upward-pointing chilies. The best-looking edible on any balcony.Full details
🌿Sweet BasilOcimum basilicumThe essential summer herb. Pesto, caprese, and a hundred sauces start here.Full details
🌿Thai BasilOcimum basilicum var. thyrsifloraPurple stems, licorice punch, and it holds its flavor in a hot wok — unlike sweet basil.Full details
🍁ShisoPerilla frutescens var. crispaMint, basil, anise, and cinnamon at once. Wraps Korean barbecue, garnishes sashimi, and grows like a weed.Full details
🍃SpearmintMentha spicataThe one herb that is easier to stop than to start. Grow it in a pot — always in a pot.Full details
🍃PeppermintMentha × piperitaSharper and more menthol-forward than spearmint. A sterile hybrid — cuttings only.Full details
🧅ScallionAllium fistulosumYou can regrow supermarket scallions from the root ends in a glass of water. It costs nothing and works every time.Full details
🌿Greek OreganoOriganum vulgare subsp. hirtumBuy the right subspecies or you get a pretty plant with no flavor. Hirtum is the one that tastes like pizza.Full details
🌿English ThymeThymus vulgarisNearly unkillable if you underwater it. The backbone of French cooking and the easiest perennial herb to keep alive.Full details
🧅ChivesAllium schoenoprasumThe easiest perennial in this app. Plant once, harvest for a decade, and the flowers are edible too.Full details
🧄Garlic ChivesAllium tuberosumFlat blades with real garlic flavor and no peeling. A staple of Chinese and Korean kitchens.Full details
🍋Lemon BalmMelissa officinalisBright lemon with none of the acid. Nearly unkillable — and, like all mints, must be contained.Full details
🌳Bay LaurelLaurus nobilisA slow-growing evergreen tree that lives in a pot for decades. Buy one, and never buy dusty jarred bay leaves again.Full details
🌿Winter SavorySatureja montanaPeppery, thyme-like, and the traditional partner to beans — it is said to make them easier to digest.Full details
🍃French SorrelRumex scutatusA perennial green that tastes like green apple and lemon. Plant it once and harvest for years.Full details
🌲RosemarySalvia rosmarinusA small evergreen shrub in a pot. Gets better every year — if you resist watering it.Full details
🌿Common SageSalvia officinalisVelvet gray leaves, brown butter, and Thanksgiving. Tough, drought-proof, and gorgeous in a pot.Full details
🍓StrawberryFragaria × ananassaPerfect for hanging baskets and railing planters. Choose everbearing types and you pick from June to frost.Full details
🍋Meyer LemonCitrus × meyeriSweeter and less acidic than a true lemon, and the only citrus that reliably fruits in a pot indoors.Full details
🌱CilantroCoriandrum sativumBolts the moment it gets hot — so you succession sow. Two crops in one plant: leaves, then coriander seed.Full details
🥬Loose-Leaf LettuceLactuca sativaSalad in 30 days from a shallow pot, and it regrows three or four times after cutting.Full details
🥬SpinachSpinacia oleraceaGrows fast in cold weather and bolts the moment it gets warm. A spring and fall crop, full stop.Full details
🥬Bok ChoyBrassica rapa subsp. chinensisCrisp white stems and dark leaves, ready in a month. Baby varieties are made for containers.Full details
🌱MicrogreensVarious speciesReady in 7–14 days, needs no sun, no fertilizer, and no outdoor space at all. The fastest food you can grow.Full details
🌿ArugulaEruca vesicariaFrom seed to salad in three weeks. The fastest food in this entire app.Full details
🌿MizunaBrassica rapa var. nipposinicaFeathery, mildly peppery, and the most bolt-resistant and cut-tolerant salad green you can grow.Full details
🌱Flat-Leaf ParsleyPetroselinum crispum var. neapolitanumNot a garnish — a real ingredient. Flat-leaf has three times the flavor of the curly stuff.Full details
🌿ChervilAnthriscus cerefoliumDelicate anise-parsley, one of the four fines herbes, and almost impossible to buy fresh — which is exactly why to grow it.Full details
🥬Romaine LettuceLactuca sativa var. longifoliaUpright, crunchy, and the only lettuce that belongs in a Caesar. Needs a deeper pot than leaf lettuce.Full details
🥬KaleBrassica oleracea var. sabellicaThe most cold-hardy vegetable here. It survives snow, and frost makes it sweeter.Full details
🌈Swiss ChardBeta vulgaris subsp. ciclaThe most beautiful edible you can grow, and the only leafy green that keeps going through both heat and frost.Full details
🌿Mustard GreensBrassica junceaPeppery, fast, and a Southern staple. A pot of these in fall will feed you for months.Full details
🟣BeetBeta vulgarisTwo crops from one plant: sweet roots below and excellent greens above. Far easier in pots than carrots.Full details
🌸Viola & PansyViola tricolor / Viola × wittrockianaThe prettiest edible flower and the easiest to use — mild, sweet, and it candies perfectly for cakes.Full details
🫚GingerZingiber officinaleStart it from a knob of supermarket ginger. It takes eight months, needs almost no sun, and thrives indoors.Full details
🔴RadishRaphanus sativusReady in 22 days. The fastest root crop there is, and perfect for impatient people and children.Full details
🥬CeleryApium graveolensFull-size celery is genuinely difficult. Cutting celery is genuinely easy — and for cooking, it is better anyway.Full details
🌾LemongrassCymbopogon citratusA tropical grass you can start from a grocery-store stalk in a glass of water. The base of Thai cooking.Full details
🌿Sweet MarjoramOriganum majoranaOregano's gentle cousin — sweeter, floral, and better in delicate dishes where oregano bulldozes.Full details
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🌱CilantroCoriandrum sativumBolts the moment it gets hot — so you succession sow. Two crops in one plant: leaves, then coriander seed.Full details
🥬KaleBrassica oleracea var. sabellicaThe most cold-hardy vegetable here. It survives snow, and frost makes it sweeter.Full details
🌈Swiss ChardBeta vulgaris subsp. ciclaThe most beautiful edible you can grow, and the only leafy green that keeps going through both heat and frost.Full details
🥕CarrotDaucus carota subsp. sativusGrow the short, round varieties in pots and they succeed. Try full-length Imperators and you get forked stubs.Full details
🥬Romaine LettuceLactuca sativa var. longifoliaUpright, crunchy, and the only lettuce that belongs in a Caesar. Needs a deeper pot than leaf lettuce.Full details
🌱Flat-Leaf ParsleyPetroselinum crispum var. neapolitanumNot a garnish — a real ingredient. Flat-leaf has three times the flavor of the curly stuff.Full details
🌾DillAnethum graveolensFeathery, fast, and the entire reason a pickle tastes like a pickle.Full details
🌿ChervilAnthriscus cerefoliumDelicate anise-parsley, one of the four fines herbes, and almost impossible to buy fresh — which is exactly why to grow it.Full details
🥬Loose-Leaf LettuceLactuca sativaSalad in 30 days from a shallow pot, and it regrows three or four times after cutting.Full details
🌿ArugulaEruca vesicariaFrom seed to salad in three weeks. The fastest food in this entire app.Full details
🌿Mustard GreensBrassica junceaPeppery, fast, and a Southern staple. A pot of these in fall will feed you for months.Full details
🥬Bok ChoyBrassica rapa subsp. chinensisCrisp white stems and dark leaves, ready in a month. Baby varieties are made for containers.Full details
🌿MizunaBrassica rapa var. nipposinicaFeathery, mildly peppery, and the most bolt-resistant and cut-tolerant salad green you can grow.Full details
🧅ScallionAllium fistulosumYou can regrow supermarket scallions from the root ends in a glass of water. It costs nothing and works every time.Full details
🟣BeetBeta vulgarisTwo crops from one plant: sweet roots below and excellent greens above. Far easier in pots than carrots.Full details
🫛Sugar Snap PeaPisum sativum var. macrocarponThe first crop of spring and one of the last of fall. Most never make it inside from the balcony.Full details
🌼CalendulaCalendula officinalisThe "poor man's saffron" — its petals color rice and butter golden, and it flowers from spring to hard frost.Full details
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🟠TurmericCurcuma longaGinger's brilliant orange cousin. Same easy culture, more dramatic foliage, and a genuinely beautiful houseplant.Full details
🌶️Thai ChiliCapsicum annuum 'Thai'A tidy little ornamental bush covered in upward-pointing chilies. The best-looking edible on any balcony.Full details
🍁ShisoPerilla frutescens var. crispaMint, basil, anise, and cinnamon at once. Wraps Korean barbecue, garnishes sashimi, and grows like a weed.Full details
🌿Sweet BasilOcimum basilicumThe essential summer herb. Pesto, caprese, and a hundred sauces start here.Full details
🌿Thai BasilOcimum basilicum var. thyrsifloraPurple stems, licorice punch, and it holds its flavor in a hot wok — unlike sweet basil.Full details
🍃PeppermintMentha × piperitaSharper and more menthol-forward than spearmint. A sterile hybrid — cuttings only.Full details
🧅ScallionAllium fistulosumYou can regrow supermarket scallions from the root ends in a glass of water. It costs nothing and works every time.Full details
🍃SpearmintMentha spicataThe one herb that is easier to stop than to start. Grow it in a pot — always in a pot.Full details
🌳Bay LaurelLaurus nobilisA slow-growing evergreen tree that lives in a pot for decades. Buy one, and never buy dusty jarred bay leaves again.Full details
🧅ChivesAllium schoenoprasumThe easiest perennial in this app. Plant once, harvest for a decade, and the flowers are edible too.Full details
🌿English ThymeThymus vulgarisNearly unkillable if you underwater it. The backbone of French cooking and the easiest perennial herb to keep alive.Full details
🍃French SorrelRumex scutatusA perennial green that tastes like green apple and lemon. Plant it once and harvest for years.Full details
🧄Garlic ChivesAllium tuberosumFlat blades with real garlic flavor and no peeling. A staple of Chinese and Korean kitchens.Full details
🌿Greek OreganoOriganum vulgare subsp. hirtumBuy the right subspecies or you get a pretty plant with no flavor. Hirtum is the one that tastes like pizza.Full details
🍋Lemon BalmMelissa officinalisBright lemon with none of the acid. Nearly unkillable — and, like all mints, must be contained.Full details
🌿Winter SavorySatureja montanaPeppery, thyme-like, and the traditional partner to beans — it is said to make them easier to digest.Full details
🥔PotatoSolanum tuberosumA grow bag of potatoes is the most satisfying harvest in container gardening. Tip it out and it feels like treasure.Full details
🌿Common SageSalvia officinalisVelvet gray leaves, brown butter, and Thanksgiving. Tough, drought-proof, and gorgeous in a pot.Full details
🌲RosemarySalvia rosmarinusA small evergreen shrub in a pot. Gets better every year — if you resist watering it.Full details
🍓StrawberryFragaria × ananassaPerfect for hanging baskets and railing planters. Choose everbearing types and you pick from June to frost.Full details
🍋Meyer LemonCitrus × meyeriSweeter and less acidic than a true lemon, and the only citrus that reliably fruits in a pot indoors.Full details
🧅LeekAllium ampeloprasum var. porrumThe most cold-tolerant vegetable here — leeks stand in frozen soil all winter and get sweeter for it.Full details
🌶️Banana PepperCapsicum annuum 'Banana'The easiest sweet pepper in a container. Sets fruit when bell peppers refuse and pickles beautifully.Full details
🌶️CayenneCapsicum annuum 'Cayenne'Long, thin, and made for drying. Grow one plant and you have your own chili flakes for the year.Full details
🌶️JalapeñoCapsicum annuum 'Jalapeño'The most productive, forgiving pepper you can put in a pot. One plant can give you 40 peppers.Full details
🌶️SerranoCapsicum annuum 'Serrano'Hotter and brighter than a jalapeño, with thin walls that make it the right pepper for raw salsa.Full details
🫑ShishitoCapsicum annuum 'Shishito'Blistered in a hot pan with salt, and roughly one in ten is unexpectedly spicy. Absurdly productive in a pot.Full details
🥬Bok ChoyBrassica rapa subsp. chinensisCrisp white stems and dark leaves, ready in a month. Baby varieties are made for containers.Full details
🌱CilantroCoriandrum sativumBolts the moment it gets hot — so you succession sow. Two crops in one plant: leaves, then coriander seed.Full details
🥬Loose-Leaf LettuceLactuca sativaSalad in 30 days from a shallow pot, and it regrows three or four times after cutting.Full details
🌱MicrogreensVarious speciesReady in 7–14 days, needs no sun, no fertilizer, and no outdoor space at all. The fastest food you can grow.Full details
🥬SpinachSpinacia oleraceaGrows fast in cold weather and bolts the moment it gets warm. A spring and fall crop, full stop.Full details
🥒Bush CucumberCucumis sativusChoose a bush or compact vining variety and a cucumber is one of the most productive things in a pot.Full details
🟡Ground CherryPhysalis pruinosaTastes like pineapple crossed with a tomato. Nobody sells them, everyone loves them, and they grow like weeds.Full details
🌱OkraAbelmoschus esculentusThrives in heat that flattens everything else, and the flowers are as beautiful as hibiscus — because it is one.Full details
🫒TomatilloPhysalis philadelphicaSalsa verde in plant form. Vigorous, easy, and you must plant two — a single plant sets almost no fruit.Full details
🥒ZucchiniCucurbita pepoOne plant is enough. Two plants and you will be leaving bags of it on neighbors' doorsteps.Full details
🌿ArugulaEruca vesicariaFrom seed to salad in three weeks. The fastest food in this entire app.Full details
🌿MizunaBrassica rapa var. nipposinicaFeathery, mildly peppery, and the most bolt-resistant and cut-tolerant salad green you can grow.Full details
🟣BeetBeta vulgarisTwo crops from one plant: sweet roots below and excellent greens above. Far easier in pots than carrots.Full details
🌿ChervilAnthriscus cerefoliumDelicate anise-parsley, one of the four fines herbes, and almost impossible to buy fresh — which is exactly why to grow it.Full details
🌱Flat-Leaf ParsleyPetroselinum crispum var. neapolitanumNot a garnish — a real ingredient. Flat-leaf has three times the flavor of the curly stuff.Full details
🥬KaleBrassica oleracea var. sabellicaThe most cold-hardy vegetable here. It survives snow, and frost makes it sweeter.Full details
🌿Mustard GreensBrassica junceaPeppery, fast, and a Southern staple. A pot of these in fall will feed you for months.Full details
🥬Romaine LettuceLactuca sativa var. longifoliaUpright, crunchy, and the only lettuce that belongs in a Caesar. Needs a deeper pot than leaf lettuce.Full details
🌈Swiss ChardBeta vulgaris subsp. ciclaThe most beautiful edible you can grow, and the only leafy green that keeps going through both heat and frost.Full details
🌸Viola & PansyViola tricolor / Viola × wittrockianaThe prettiest edible flower and the easiest to use — mild, sweet, and it candies perfectly for cakes.Full details
🫚GingerZingiber officinaleStart it from a knob of supermarket ginger. It takes eight months, needs almost no sun, and thrives indoors.Full details
🔴RadishRaphanus sativusReady in 22 days. The fastest root crop there is, and perfect for impatient people and children.Full details
🍆EggplantSolanum melongenaA beautiful container plant with purple flowers. Grow the slim Asian varieties — the big globe types struggle in pots.Full details
🔥Ghost PepperCapsicum chinense 'Bhut Jolokia'A genuinely dangerous pepper that needs the longest season of anything here. For the committed only.Full details
🔥HabaneroCapsicum chinenseFruity, floral, and genuinely fierce. Needs a long hot season and more patience than any other common pepper.Full details
🫑PoblanoCapsicum annuum 'Poblano'Thick-walled, mildly warm, and the only correct pepper for chiles rellenos. Dried, it becomes ancho.Full details
🥬CeleryApium graveolensFull-size celery is genuinely difficult. Cutting celery is genuinely easy — and for cooking, it is better anyway.Full details
🌾LemongrassCymbopogon citratusA tropical grass you can start from a grocery-store stalk in a glass of water. The base of Thai cooking.Full details
💜Culinary LavenderLavandula angustifoliaOnly English lavender is worth eating — the others are camphor-heavy. Sweet, floral, and it needs to be kept thirsty.Full details
🌿French TarragonArtemisia dracunculus var. sativaAnise and vanilla, the soul of béarnaise. Must be bought as a plant — the seed version is a flavorless imposter.Full details
💙BorageBorago officinalisBrilliant blue star flowers that taste like cucumber, and the single best bee magnet you can plant next to squash.Full details
🫘Bush BeanPhaseolus vulgarisNo trellis, no fuss, and they fix their own nitrogen. A whole meal from a single window box.Full details
🌼CalendulaCalendula officinalisThe "poor man's saffron" — its petals color rice and butter golden, and it flowers from spring to hard frost.Full details
🍅Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformeThe most reliable tomato for a pot, by a wide margin. Hundreds of fruits from one plant, and it forgives mistakes.Full details
🌾DillAnethum graveolensFeathery, fast, and the entire reason a pickle tastes like a pickle.Full details
🌺NasturtiumTropaeolum majusEvery part is edible and peppery — leaves, flowers, and seed pods, which you can pickle as poor-man's capers.Full details
🫛Sugar Snap PeaPisum sativum var. macrocarponThe first crop of spring and one of the last of fall. Most never make it inside from the balcony.Full details
🧄GarlicAllium sativumPlanted in October, harvested in July. The longest wait in this app, and the most rewarding harvest.Full details
🧅ShallotAllium cepa var. aggregatumPlant one bulb, harvest a cluster of six. Sweeter and more refined than onions, and expensive to buy.Full details
🍅Beefsteak TomatoSolanum lycopersicumThe big sandwich tomato. Hardest to grow in a container, but a single perfect one justifies the season.Full details
🫑Bell PepperCapsicum annuumThe hardest pepper to grow well in a pot, and the most satisfying when you do. Patience is the whole game.Full details
🧅Bulb OnionAllium cepaThe catch nobody mentions: onions bulb according to day length, so you must plant the right type for your latitude.Full details
🥕CarrotDaucus carota subsp. sativusGrow the short, round varieties in pots and they succeed. Try full-length Imperators and you get forked stubs.Full details
🍅Roma (Paste) TomatoSolanum lycopersicum 'Roma'Dense, low-moisture flesh built for sauce. Determinate, so it stays compact and ripens all at once.Full details
🌿Sweet MarjoramOriganum majoranaOregano's gentle cousin — sweeter, floral, and better in delicate dishes where oregano bulldozes.Full details
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