Make your own salsa garden using fresh ingredients from this planting plan. Plant yours with two tomatoes, or try tomatillos for salsa verde. Onions, cilantro, and peppers round out the sweet and spicy Latin flavors. Pick up all your plants for this garden at Wells Brothers.
Planting the 4 x 4-foot Bed
Take inspiration from these planting options. The plan allows for some interpretation depending on your taste. These plants are pictured small to make the illustration simpler, but your bed will be spilling over as the plants grow! Following spacing on the plant labels, adding a few more plants than we have pictured if the spacing allows.
Plant a salsa garden with cilantro, onions, tomatoes or tomatillos, and peppers. Use this detailed planting plan.
Area 1 – Cilantro and Onions
• 4 Cilantro
• 22 Red onions
• 10 White onions (we used Georgia Sweet)
Area 2 – Peppers
• 1 Jalapeno pepper (with cage or trellis)
• 1 Red Bell pepper (with cage or trellis)
Area 3 – Tomatoes or Tomatillos
Choose either tomatoes or tomatillos. You must have two tomatillo plants for cross-pollination.
• 2 large red tomatoes (such as Celebrity or Amelia, with cage or trellis)
• 2 Tomatillos (with cage or trellis)
Source: Bonnie Plants
