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What to plant in January

For gorgeous blooms and vegies throughout the year. - by Jenny Dillon
  • 02 Jan 2022

If you want to enjoy a colour show later this year, start by planting a selection of flowers and vegetables in your garden this summer.  

What to plant in January

Transform your pond and make waterlilies the highlight. Or colour your days with universally loved Cosmos.

Ask at your local nursery which zone best matches your conditions or get the key to climate zones here.  

What flowers to plant in January in Australia

All zones

  • Alyssum
  • Anemone (top)
  • Marigold
  • Petunia
  • Portulaca
  • Salvia
  • Zinnia
Ranunculus

Gorgeous ranunculus

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Zones 1-3

  • Celosia
  • Dianthus
  • Helichyrsum
  • Ranunculus
  • Torenia
Cyclamen

Colour your garden with cyclamen

Zones 4-6

  • Calendula
  • Cornflower
  • Cyclamen
  • Gaillarida
  • Iceland poppy
  • Nemesia
  • Sweetpea
  • Wallflower

What vegetables to plant in January in Australia

Cabbage

Grow your own cabbage this year

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All zones

  • Beans
  • Beetroot
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Cress
  • Leek
  • Lettuce
  • Radish
  • Rhubarb
  • Sweet corn
basil

Have basil at your fingertips

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Zones 1-3

  • Basil
  • Capsicum
  • Chilli
  • Chives
  • Potato
Pumpkin

Create your own pumpkin patch in your backyard

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Zones 4-6

  • Brussels sprout
  • Carrot
  • Cucumber
  • Kohlrabi
  • Parlsey
  • Parsnip
  • Pumpkin
  • Turnip

Your January garden to-do list

  • Cut back any of your herbs that have now run to seed.
  • Prune gardenias that have finished flowering
  • Trim repeat-flowering roses to encourage autumn bloom.
  • Boost watering of indoor plants so they cope with summer conditions.
  • Inspect azaleas for petal blight and spray fungicide, if necessary.
  • Check your flowering crepe myrtles for powdery mildew that can deform their leaves and flower buds. Treat with a fungicide.
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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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