November Planting Guide

November Gardening Guide: What to Plant This Month

November is the last busy month in the garden before early spring. Although some days are chilly and overcast, many days are warm, sunny, and perfect for gardening.

This is a great time to clean up the garden and add collected debris to the compost pile. A variety of cool-season vegetables, flowers, bulbs, and herbs thrive in November weather.

🌸 Flowers to Plant in November

  • Alyssum
  • Aster
  • Bachelor’s Button
  • Begonia
  • Bromeliad
  • Calendula
  • California Poppy
  • Carnation
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Cyclamen
  • Delphinium
  • English Primrose
  • Forget-Me-Not
  • Foxglove
  • Geranium
  • Iceland Poppy
  • Impatiens
  • Flowering Kale
  • Lantana
  • Larkspur
  • Lupine
  • Nasturtium
  • Nemesia
  • Pansy
  • Scabiosa
  • Snapdragon
  • Schizanthus
  • Stock
  • Sweet Pea
  • Sweet Violet
  • Viola
  • Wildflowers

🥕 Vegetables to Plant in November

  • Artichoke
  • Arugula
  • Asparagus
  • Beet
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels Sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Collards
  • Cress
  • Endive
  • Garlic
  • Horseradish
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Leek
  • Lettuce
  • Mustard Greens
  • Onion
  • Parsnip
  • Pea
  • Potato
  • Radish
  • Rhubarb
  • Rutabaga
  • Salsify
  • Spinach
  • Strawberry
  • Swiss Chard
  • Turnip

🌷 Bulbs & Tubers for Fall Planting

  • Allium
  • Anemone
  • Calla Lily
  • Crocus (chilled 8 weeks)
  • Daffodil
  • Dutch Iris
  • Freesia
  • Gladiolus
  • Grape Hyacinth
  • Hyacinth (chilled 8 weeks)
  • Lily
  • Muscari
  • Narcissus
  • Ranunculus
  • Scilla
  • Tulip (chilled 8 weeks)
  • Watsonia

🌿 Herbs to Grow in November

  • Bay Laurel
  • Chamomile
  • Chervil
  • Chive
  • Cilantro
  • Dill
  • Fennel
  • Mint
  • Oregano
  • Parsley
  • Rosemary
  • Sage
  • Salad Burnet
  • Sweet Marjoram
  • Winter Savory
  • Thyme

Julie Bawden-Davis

Julie Bawden-Davis is a bestselling journalist, novelist, blogger, and YouTuber. A prolific author, Julie writes in several genres. She enjoys creating page-turning suspense served up with a dose of romance, garden books that turn any brown thumb green, and spiritual books meant to enlighten and inspire. Widely published, Julie has written 45 books and more than 4,000 articles for a wide variety of national and international publications. She lives in Southern California, where she enjoys sunny, blue skies most days and year-round gardening. Julie gains inspiration from being surrounded by plants when she writes.