With spring in full swing, November is one of the busiest and most rewarding times in the garden. 🌞 The days are longer, the air is warm, and everything feels alive. Most vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers are growing at a rapid pace now, filling your garden with lush, vibrant growth. It’s that magical in-between time when you can see the results of all your early spring work starting to pay off. 🌿
🌼 A Busy, Beautiful Month
The last month of spring can keep you on your toes. Plants are thriving, but they still need your care and attention to stay healthy through the warmer weather ahead. Keep watering consistently, especially in containers and raised beds that dry out faster. Mulch around your plants to lock in moisture and keep roots cool during hot spells.
This is the perfect moment to plant for the festive season. 🌻 Fill any gaps in your beds with quick growers like basil, lettuce, capsicum, and beans. Add colour with cheerful summer flowers such as zinnias, cosmos, and marigolds. These will bloom beautifully just in time for holiday gatherings and summer afternoons outdoors.
🐝 Keep It Thriving
To keep your garden full and thriving through the coming months, focus on succession planting. That means popping in new seedlings every couple of weeks so you always have something ready to harvest. 🍅🥒 A mix of herbs like parsley, chives, and coriander will keep your kitchen stocked with fresh flavours, while heat-lovers such as pumpkins, eggplants, and chillies will settle in happily as the days warm up.
Watch for pests like aphids and whitefly, which can build up quickly as temperatures rise. A gentle spray of soapy water or a visit from some hungry ladybirds will help keep them in check. 🐞
🌱 A Moment to Enjoy
Among all the busy planting and tending, take a moment to simply enjoy the serenity of your garden. Pull up a chair, listen to the hum of bees, and soak up some vitamin D. 🌤️ This is the heart of the growing season, when your patch looks its best and feels alive with energy.
Gardening in November is about balance, part nurturing, part enjoying. Keep planting, watering, and weeding, but also take time to breathe it all in. Your garden is giving back now, and that’s the real joy of the season. 🌸✨
🏔️ Cool Mountain
- Vegetables: Amaranth, Artichokes, Asparagus, Asparagus Pea, Beans, Beetroot, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Bunching Onions, Cabbage, Cape Gooseberry, Capsicum, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chilli, Cucumber, Eggplant, Endive, Fennel, Kale, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Luffa, Parsnip, Peas, Pumpkin, Radish, Rhubarb, Rocket, Rockmelon, Salsify, Silverbeet, Spring Onions, Squash, Sunflower, Sweet corn, Tomatillo, Tomato, Turnip, Warrigal greens, Watermelon, Zucchini
- Herbs: Agrimonia, Angelica, Basil, Bergamot, Borage, Burdock, Calendula, Catnip, Chamomile, Chives, Comfrey, Coriander, Dandelion, Dianthus, Dill, Echinacea, Fennel, Feverfew, Heartsease, Hyssop, Lemon Balm, Lovage, Marjoram, Marshmallow, Mint, Mugwort, Nettle, Oregano, Parsley, Perilla, Sage, Salad Burnet, Sorrel, Tansy, Thyme, Valerian, Wormwood, Yarrow
- Flowers: Alyssum, Aster, Carnation, Celosia, Chrysanthemum, Cornflower, Cosmos, Dahlia, Dianthus, Everlastings, Gaillardia, Globe Amaranth, Gypsophilia, Larkspur, Lavender, Linaria, Livingstone Daisy, Nasturtium, Native Iris, Nigella, Marigold, Mexican Hat, Pansy, Poppy, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Snap Dragon, Stock, Swan River Daisy, Veronica, Zinnia
🏜️ Arid
- Vegetables: Amaranth, Artichokes, Asparagus Pea, Beans, Beetroot, Bunching Onions, Capsicum, Carrot, Chilli, Cucumber, Eggplant, Okra, Potato, Pumpkin, Radish, Rocket, Rockmelon, Rosella, Salsify, Silverbeet, Spring Onions, Squash, Sunflower, Sweet Corn, Tomato, Watermelon, Zucchini
- Herbs: Agrimonia, Basil, Bergamot, Borage, Burdock, Calendula, Chamomile, Chives, Comfrey, Echinacea, Feverfew, Heartsease, Hyssop, Larkspur, Marjoram, Marshmallow. Mugwort, Nettle, Oregano, Perilla, Salad Burnet, Tansy, Wormwood
- Flowers: Aster, Carnation, Celosia, Cornflower, Cosmos, Everlastings, Dandelion, Dianthus, Gaillardia, Globe Amaranth, Gypsophilia, Lavender, Livingstone Daisy, Marigold, Mexican Hat, Nasturtium, Native Iris, Nigella, Pansy, Poppy, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Stock, Swan River Daisy, Zinnia
🌤️ Temperate
- Vegetables: Amaranth, Artichokes, Asparagus, Asparagus Pea, Beans, Beetroot, Broccoli, Bunching Onions, Cabbage, Cape Gooseberry, Capsicum, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chilli, Cucumber, Dill, Eggplant, Endive, Fennel, Kale, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Luffa, Okra, Parsnip, Pumpkin, Radish, Rocket, Rockmelon, Salsify, Savory, Silverbeet, Spring Onions, Squash, Sunflower, Sweet Corn, Tomatillo, Tomato, Turnip, Warrigal Greens, Watermelon, Zucchini
- Herbs: Agrimonia, Angelica, Basil, Bergamot, Borage, Burdock, Calendula, Catnip, Chives, Comfrey, Coriander, Dandelion, Dill, Echinacea, Fennel, Feverfew, Heartsease, Hyssop, Lemon Balm, Lovage, Marshmallow, Mint, Mugwort, Nettle, Oregano, Parsley, Perilla, Sage, Salad Burnet, Tansy, Thyme, Valerian, Wormwood, Yarrow
- Flowers: Alyssum, Aster, Carnation, Celosia, Chrysanthemum, Cornflower, Cosmos, Dahlia, Dianthus, Gaillardia, Globe Amaranth, Gypsophilia, Larkspur, Lavender, Linaria, Livingstone Daisy, Marigold, Mexican Hat, Nasturtium, Native Iris, Nigella, Pansy, Poppy, Queen Anne’s Lace, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Stock, Swan River Daisy, Zinnia
🌴 Sub-Tropical
- Vegetables: Amaranth, Asparagus, Asparagus Pea, Beans, Cabbage, Cape Gooseberry, Capsicum, Carrot, Celery, Chilli, Cucumber, Eggplant, Lettuce, Luffa, Mustard Greens, Okra, Oregano, Pumpkin, Radish, Rosella, Salsify, Silverbeet, Squash, Sweet Corn, Tomatillo, Tomato, Turnip, Warrigal Greens, Watermelon, Zucchini
- Herbs: Angelica, Basil, Borage, Burdock, Calendula, Catnip, Chives, Dandelion, Feverfew, Hyssop, Lemon Balm, Lovage, Marshmallow, Mint, Oregano, Perilla, Sage, Salad Burnet, Sorrel, Marjoram, Tansy, Thyme, Yarrow
- Flowers: Alyssum, Aster, Chrysanthemum, Dianthus, Everlastings, Globe Amaranth, Marigold, Nasturtium, Nigella, Poppy, Zinnia
🌺 Tropical
- Vegetables: Mustard Greens, Sweet Corn
- Herbs: Basil, Salad Burnet
- Flowers: Salvia, Zinnia