🗓 Planting Calendar

Australian Planting Calendar

What to plant, when to plant it — for your Australian climate zone.

🌴 Tropical (QLD/NT/WA north) 🌺 Subtropical (SE QLD/northern NSW) 🌿 Temperate (NSW/VIC/SA/WA) ❄️ Cool Temperate (TAS/alpine/ACT) 🏜️ Arid (inland Australia)
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🌱 Sow in May — ❄️ Cool Temperate (TAS/alpine/ACT)

9 plants ready to sow this month
All (20) 🥦 Veg (13) 🍎 Fruit (3) 🌿 Herb (3)
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Herb
Perennial, dies back in winter
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Ornamental
Plant bare roots Apr-Jun, needs cold winters
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
Vegetable ~14w to harvest
Autumn-winter, very hardy
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Vegetable ~18w to harvest
Hardy cool-season crop
Garlic
Allium sativum
Vegetable ~32w to harvest
Plant Apr-Jun, benefits from cold
Kale
Brassica oleracea var. acephala
Vegetable ~8w to harvest
Extremely hardy, best after frost
Radish
Raphanus sativus
Vegetable ~4w to harvest
Fast crop, spring and autumn
Silverbeet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Vegetable ~8w to harvest
Hardy year round except dead of winter
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Vegetable ~6w to harvest
Excellent cool climate crop

📊 Full Year Overview — ❄️ Cool Temperate (TAS/alpine/ACT)

This month Sow Not suitable
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Strawberry
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Chives
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Mint
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Parsley
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Peony
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Beetroot
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Broccoli
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Cabbage
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Capsicum
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Carrot
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Garlic
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Kale
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Lettuce
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Peas
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Radish
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Silverbeet
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Spinach
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Tomato
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