Arid growing guides

All vegetables and herbs we have planting guidance for in Arid Australia. Click a crop for the full guide, when to plant, soil temperature, days to harvest, pest watch.

Browse by crop (A–Z)

Amaranth Angelica Apple Artichokes (Globe)Asparagus Asparagus Pea (Winged Bean)Avocado Banana Basil Climbing Beans Dwarf Beans (Bush)Beetroot Blueberry Borage Broad Beans (Fava)Broccoli Cabbage Cape Gooseberry Capsicum (Bell Pepper)Carrot Celeriac Chilli Peppers Chinese Cabbage (Wombok)Chives Collards Coriander Cucumber Daikon Dill Eggplant (Aubergine)Endive Fennel (herb)Fig French Tarragon Garlic Ginger Grapefruit Horseradish Jerusalem Artichoke Kale Kohlrabi Leek Lemon Lemon Balm Lemongrass Lettuce Lime Luffa Macadamia Mandarin Mango Mint Mizuna Mulberry Mustard Greens NZ Spinach (Warrigal Greens)Okra Onion Orange Oregano Pak Choy (Bok Choy)Papaya Parsley Parsnip Passionfruit Peach Peanut Pear Peas (Garden/Shelling)Pecan Persimmon Pineapple Plum Pomegranate Potato Pumpkin Radish Raspberry Rhubarb Rocket (Arugula)Rockmelon (Cantaloupe)Rosemary Rutabaga (Swede)Sage Salsify Savory Silverbeet (Swiss Chard)Snow Peas Spinach Squash (Summer)Strawberry Sunflower Sweet Corn Sweet Marjoram Sweet Potato Thyme Tomatillo Tomato Turnip Walnut Watermelon Yacon Yam/Oca (New Zealand Yam)Zucchini

Looking for what to plant THIS month? See the planting calendar, pick your zone and get the current month's recommended crops.

Other zones

If Arid isn't your zone, try one of these:

Tropical Subtropical Warm Temperate Cool Temperate Cold Highland Mediterranean