Garden Bureau

Planting Calendar

NZ planting calendar: what to plant each month

What to sow, plant out and harvest in New Zealand, month by month. Timing comes from New Zealand seed suppliers' and growers' guides, set separately for 3 growing zones: the same crop can be a month or more apart between the far north and the colder inland south.

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What to plant in New Zealand in November

21 crops can be sown or planted out this month in every New Zealand growing zone:

* Frost-tender. Sow in trays under cover, and plant out only after your own last frost.

What else to plant in November, zone by zone →

Month by month

Each month's guide covers what to plant anywhere in New Zealand, then what changes in each zone.

New Zealand growing zones

Planting times depend on frost more than anything else. Each zone groups places with a similar frost season. Pick yours for its full calendar of every crop we track. Not sure which zone you're in? Check the frost dates guide →

sub-tropical

Northland, Auckland and coastal Taranaki

Frost risk May-September

36 plants tracked

temperate

Most of the country

Frost risk April-November

34 plants tracked

cool/mountain

Central Otago, Queenstown and the Central Plateau

Frost risk March-November

34 plants tracked