Australian climate guide

Tropical planting calendar

Warm, humid summers and a productive dry season. This broad guide shows useful planting ideas throughout the year; use the postcode finder for a more specific starting point.

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October ideas

What to plant this month

Grow to Eat

BasilStart in trays • Full sun EggplantStart in trays • Full sun ChilliStart in trays • Full sun Sweet cornSow direct in blocks • Full sun Sweet potatoPlant slips • Full sun LemonPlant a grafted tree • Full sun OrangePlant a grafted tree • Full sun OkraSow direct • Full sun ChokoPlant a vine • Full sun GingerPlant rhizomes • Part sun TurmericPlant rhizomes • Part sun LemongrassPlant divisions • Full sun PassionfruitPlant a vine • Full sun FigPlant a grafted tree • Full sun PomegranatePlant a grafted tree • Full sun OlivePlant a grafted tree • Full sun

Grow for Beauty

SunflowerSow direct • Full sun MarigoldSow or transplant • Full sun ZinniaSow direct • Full sun CosmosSow direct • Full sun PetuniaPlant seedlings • Full sun DahliaPlant tubers • Full sun GladiolusPlant corms • Full sun BegoniaPlant tubers • Part shade ImpatiensPlant seedlings • Part shade BougainvilleaPlant a vine • Full sun HibiscusPlant a young shrub • Full sun AgapanthusPlant divisions • Full sun

Month by month

Explore the whole year

Open any month to browse linked Grow to Eat and Grow for Beauty suggestions for this climate.

January43 broad-calendar options

February43 broad-calendar options

March57 broad-calendar options

April104 broad-calendar options

May109 broad-calendar options

June104 broad-calendar options

July87 broad-calendar options

August32 broad-calendar options

September27 broad-calendar options

October30 broad-calendar options

November48 broad-calendar options

December48 broad-calendar options

Weather, frost, altitude and exact variety can move the best date by several weeks.