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What to plant in September

Step into spring! - by Jenny Dillon
  • 02 Sep 2020
What to plant in September

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

Nasturtiums

Nasturtiums

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  • Alyssum
  • Amaranthus
  • Begonia
  • Cosmos
  • Dahlia
  • Marigold
  • Nasturtium
  • Portulaca
  • Verbena
  • Zinnia

Zones 1-3

Sunflowers

Sunflowers

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  • Balsam
  • Celosia
  • Dianthus
  • Gaillarida
  • Petunia
  • Phlox
  • Sunflower
  • Torenia

Zones 4-6

Snapdragons

Snapdragons

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  • Aster
  • Californian poppy
  • Cundytuft
  • Carnation
  • Lobelia
  • Snapdragon

Vegetables

All zones

Artichoke

Artichoke

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  • Artichoke
  • Asparagus
  • Beans
  • Beetroot
  • Cabbage
  • Capsicum
  • Carrot
  • Lettuce
  • Potato
  • Pumpkin
  • Radish
  • Shallot
  • Squash
  • Sweet potato
  • Sweetcorn
  • Tomato

Zones 1-3

Okra

Okra

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  • Okra
  • Taro
  • Water chestnut

Zones 4-6

Pak choy

Pak choy

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  • Cucumber
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Pak choy
  • Parsnip
  • Turnip

Jobs to do in the garden

1. Prepare for a fabulous spring with an all-over feed of a general purpose organic fertiliser. But don’t put more on the garden than is recommended or it will simply cost you more and your plants won’t look any better.

2. Place nets over berry plants such as strawberry, raspberry and blueberry to stop birds dropping by for a feast. Plant early tomatoes in a protected spot, such as a windowsill planter or a mini-greenhouse. A few of the best early tomatoes are the cherry varieties.

3. Coax the kids into a sunflower-growing contest, either to produce the biggest flower or the tallest plant. Seed is best planted in well-worked soil in a sunny spot. Most major seed companies sell seed for giant varieties.

4. Lightly trim Australian natives to keep them tidy and growing vigorously throughout spring.

Bottlebrush

Trim bottlebrush and other natives

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5. Help citrus trees recover from the cool days with a serving of citrus fertiliser. It’s also a good time to check them for scale problems. A couple of fortnightly applications of horticultural oil or a soap-based spray will generally fix the problem. In cooler areas, gardenias will also benefit from a dose of fertiliser now.

6. Ward off peach and nectarine leaf curl, a nasty fungal disease that causes leaves to die, by spraying with a copper-based fungicide when buds begin to appear.

Peaches

Spray peach buds with a fungicide

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7. Plant up pots of versatile petunias in complementary colours. One of the best value annuals about, petunias bloom for months; need no more than occasional deadheading, fertilising and watering; and come in an amazing range of colours and forms.

8. Get a late potato crop in to supplement kitchen supplies. Plant certified seed potatoes and progressively hill up the soil around the emerging foliage, leaving just the uppermost leaves above ground. This encourages maximum yield.

Planting potatoes

Plant potatoes

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9. Treat hedges to an early trim when the first flush of spring growth comes through.

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Jenny Dillon
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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