What to plant in November

Each month we give ideas, tips and planting advice for cooler, warmer, wetter and drier areas in each zone, so ask at your local nursery which zone best matches your conditions.

Get the key to climate zones here.

Flowers

All zones

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Alyssum
Amaranthus
Aster
Calibrachoas
Cosmos (above)
Dahlia
Marigold
Petunia
Phlox
Portulaca
Salvia
Verbena
Zinnia

Zones 1-3

Gomprehrena
Vinca

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Zones 4-6

Begonia
California poppy
Celosia
Dahlia (top)
Impatiens
Marigold
Nasturtium
Verbena
Zinnia

Vegetables

All zones

Beans
Capsicum
Chilli
Eggplant
Tomato
Zucchini

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Zones 1-3

Basil
Beans
Beetroot
Cabbage
Capsicum
Chilli
Chives
Ginger
Okra
Potatoes
Radish

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Zones 4-6

Cucumber
Marrow
Parsley
Parsnip
Silverbeet
Squash
Turnips
Sweet corn

What to do in the garden in November

Fertilise lemon trees and check that soil around trees is not drying out.
Move tender pot plants to areas away from excessive late-afternoon sun.
Spray Dipel, an organic product that doesn't kill beneficial insects, to control codling moth in apple trees.
Lay snail bait around vegetable beds to stop voracious snails and slugs in their tracks.
Feed tree ferns - both the soil and the trunk - with half-strength liquid fertiliser.

Jenny Dillon

Jenny Dillon is the garden editor of Better Homes and Gardens. Her passion for gardening began in her mother’s huge vegetable patch and orchard in the country and now extends to the challenge of city plots, where the constraints are countered by the delights.

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Flowers

All zones

Zones 1-3

Zones 4-6

Vegetables

All zones

Zones 1-3

Zones 4-6

What to do in the garden in November

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