Quick answer: 18 native Nevada plants have a recorded bloom range that includes March.
18 species
- Baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii · 3 states
- Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi · 34 states
- Blue palo verde Parkinsonia florida · 3 states
- Brittlebush Encelia farinosa · 4 states
- California poppy Eschscholzia californica · 6 states
- Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis · 37 states
- Creosote bush Larrea tridentata · 6 states
- Desert sand verbena Abronia villosa · 4 states
- Fremont cottonwood Populus fremontii · 7 states
- Gambel oak Quercus gambelii · 8 states
- Gray alder Alnus incana · 26 states
- Joshua tree Yucca brevifolia · 3 states
- Lacy phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia · 3 states
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · 39 states
- Rush milkweed Asclepias subulata · 3 states
- Seep monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata · 15 states
- Western redbud Cercis occidentalis · 4 states
- Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata · 12 states
March in a Nevada native garden
March is a quieter month in Nevada: 18 of the state's 97 native plants flower in March, compared with 75 at the June peak. That makes these plants valuable for keeping color, and food for pollinators, going outside the main season.
12 start blooming in March, including Bearberry, Blue palo verde and Canada wild rye.
16 of them grow in full or partial sun and 5 tolerate shade, so there are options for open beds and woodland edges alike. Sizes run from low plants like Lacy phacelia and Seep monkeyflower to trees such as Bearberry and Blue palo verde. For wildlife, 13 support pollinators, 9 provide food or cover for birds and 4 are caterpillar host plants.
11 of the 18 have a seed or plant listing we verified as the wild species.
Good places to start
Verified wild-species listings that take sun and are widely native, so they are forgiving first plants.
- Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Mar-Jun
- Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis · Sun, Part Shade · blooms Mar-Jun
- Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi · Sun, Part Shade, Shade · blooms Mar-Jun