Winter Vegetable Garden Planting Guide

Welcome to the Winter Vegetable Garden Planting Guide.

Winter is a slower time of the year in the garden, but is a still great time for the planting vegetables that like the colder conditions. Broad beans, peas, cabbage, spinach and turnips are all frost resistant.

The following Winter planting guide is for the Melbourne area and surrounds, where the climate is referred to as being temperate.

Winter Planting

Months marked in green are suitable for planting any of the following vegetables.

Species	June	July	August
Artichoke (globe)
Asparagus
Beetroot
Broad Bean
Cabbage
Chicory
Dill
Endive
Garlic
Jerusalem Artichoke
Kohl Rabi
Leek
Lettuce
Marjoram
Mint
Mustard Greens
Onion
Parsnip
Pea
Potato
Radish
Rhubarb (crowns)
Rosemary
Sage
Shallot
Snow Peas
Spinach
Spring Onion
Thyme
Tomato
Watermelon