10 Fast Growing Plants for Instant Garden Satisfaction

Spring is here and you can’t wait to start gardening. But those heirloom tomatoes you drool over won’t be ripe until summer, and your pumpkins won’t be ready until almost Halloween. Fortunately, there are many fast growing plants that can be enjoyed soon after planting. Read on for our vegetable picks as well as a few flowers.

(As a bonus, most low-growing plants can usually be planted twice—or more!—every year, so feel free to plant a second row after you’ve got the first one.)