Mediterranean growing guides

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

These guides are written for the Mediterranean zone, which takes in Perth, Adelaide and Bunbury. Somewhere else? Your postcode picks the right one.

Not your zone? Cairns Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Canberra Alice Springs

Also handy: will it frost this week? and what grows in shade.

See what grows now in your own postcode

What the weather normally does here

Thirty years of daily records, averaged over every postcode in the Mediterranean zone, month by month. The highlighted row is the month we are in now. Planting windows on the crop pages follow these numbers, so if your own patch runs colder or wetter than the zone, shift them by a few weeks.

Mediterranean zone, monthly averages 1991 to 2026
Month	Day °C	Night °C	Rain mm	Wet days
Jan	30	17	16	2
Feb	30	17	15	2
Mar	28	15	22	3
Apr	24	13	34	5
May	20	10	71	9
Jun	17	8	102	12
Jul	17	8	108	14
Aug	17	8	94	13
Sep	19	9	67	10
Oct now	22	10	38	6
Nov	25	13	28	5
Dec	28	15	17	3

Hottest day on record in the zone 47.0°C (January), coldest night -5.2°C (June). Wettest month is July. A wet day is 1 mm or more. Averaged across 19 postcodes in the zone, so your own patch will run a little warmer, cooler, wetter or drier than this. SILO Data Drill, Queensland Government, CC BY 4.0.

Browse by crop (A–Z)

Abiu Acerola Achacha Adzuki Bean Almond Amaranth Angelica Anise Apple Apricot Artichokes Asparagus Asparagus pea Atemoya Avocado Banana Basil Bay Tree Climbing Beans Dwarf Beans Beetroot Bergamot Bitter Melon Black Salsify Black Sapote Blackberry Blueberry Borage Bottle Gourd Boysenberry Brazilian Spinach Breadfruit Broad Beans Broccoli Broccolini Brussels Sprouts Burdock Cabbage Calamondin Calendula Cape Gooseberry Caper Capsicum Carambola Caraway Carob Carrot Cashew Cassava Catnip Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Celtuce Chamomile Cherimoya Cherry Chervil Chestnut Chia Chickpeas Chicory and Radicchio Chilean Guava Chilli peppers Chinese cabbage Chinese Water Chestnut Chives Choko Choy Sum Citron Coconut Collards Comfrey Coriander Corn Salad Cowpeas Cucamelon Cucumber Culantro Cumin Cumquat Currants Curry Leaf Custard Apple Daikon Date Palm Davidson Plum Dill Dragon Fruit Edamame Edible Chrysanthemum Eggplant Egyptian Spinach Elderberry Endive Feijoa Fennel Fenugreek Feverfew Fig Finger Lime Florence Fennel French tarragon Gai Lan Galangal Garden Cress Garlic Garlic Chives Ginger Goji Berry Gooseberry Grape Grapefruit Grumichama Guava Hazelnut Holy Basil Honeydew Melon Horseradish Hyssop Jaboticaba Jackfruit Jerusalem artichoke Jicama Jujube Kale Kangkong Kiwiberry Kiwifruit Kohlrabi Komatsuna Krachai Lablab Bean Lavender Leek Lemon Lemon Balm Lemon Verbena Lemongrass Lentils Lettuce Lilly Pilly Lima Bean Lime Liquorice Loganberry Longan Loquat Lovage Luffa Lychee Macadamia Makrut Lime Malabar Spinach Mandarin Mango Mangosteen Marrow Marshmallow Medlar Mexican Tarragon Mibuna Mint Mitsuba Mizuna Moringa Mulberry Mung Bean Mustard greens Myoga Nashi Nasturtium Nectarine NZ Spinach Oca Okinawa Spinach Okra Olive Onion Orange Oregano Pak Choy Pandan Papaya Parsley Parsnip Passionfruit Peach Peanut Pear Peas Pecan Pepino Perilla Persimmon Pigeon Pea Pine Nut Pineapple Pistachio Plum Pomegranate Pomelo Popcorn Potato Pumpkin Purslane Queensland Arrowroot Quince Quinoa Radish Rambutan Raspberry Rhubarb Rocket Rockmelon Rosella Rosemary Rue Mushroom Plant Rutabaga Saffron Crocus Sage Salad Burnet Salsify Sapodilla Summer savory Winter savory Shallots Silverbeet Snake Beans Snow Peas Sorrel Soursop Spinach Spring onion Summer squash Stevia Strawberry Sugar Apple Sugar Cane Sunflower Surinam Cherry Sweet Corn Sweet Granadilla Sweet Marjoram Sweet Potato Tamarillo Tamarind Tangelo Tansy Taro Tatsoi Thyme Tomatillo Tomato Tree Onion Turmeric Turnip Upland Cress Vietnamese Mint Walnut Watercress Watermelon Wax Gourd White Sapote Winged bean Winter squash Yacon Yam Yuzu Zucchini

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

This zone has its own bookGarden Year 2027: Mediterranean$39.95 · See the book →

Other zones

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

Tropical Subtropical Warm Temperate Cool Temperate Cold Highland Arid