Planting Calendar

When to plant indoors, plant or sow outside, and harvest, month by month. Based on typical UK timings; the current month is highlighted.

Plant indoors Sow or plant outside Harvest

UK planting calendar by month
Crop	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Angelica				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Apple	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside
Apricot	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Asparagus			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Aubergine		Sow indoors	Sow indoors			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Basil			Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Bay	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Beetroot			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Blackberry	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Blackcurrant	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Blueberry	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Borage				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Borlotti bean				Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Broad bean			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Bronze fennel			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Brussels sprouts	Harvest	Harvest	Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Butternut squash				Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest
Cabbage			Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Calabrese			Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Calendula			Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Carrot				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Cauliflower			Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Celeriac	Harvest	Harvest	Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Celery			Sow indoors	Sow indoors		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Chamomile			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Cherry	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Chervil			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Chicory	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Chilli pepper		Sow indoors	Sow indoors		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Chinese cabbage							Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Chives			Sow indoors	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Cobnut and hazelnut	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Coriander			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Courgette				Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Cucumber				Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Dill				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Edamame				Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest
Elder	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest		Harvest	Harvest		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Elephant garlic		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Endive						Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Fig			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Florence fennel					Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
French bean				Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
French tarragon				Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Garlic		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Garlic chives			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Gherkin				Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Globe artichoke			Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Gooseberry	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Grape	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Hardy kiwi	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside						Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Horseradish	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside						Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Hyssop			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Jerusalem artichoke	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside						Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Kale	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Kohlrabi			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Komatsuna			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Lamb’s lettuce	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest
Land cress			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Lavender			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside
Leek	Harvest	Harvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoors		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Lemon balm			Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Lemon verbena					Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Lemongrass			Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Lettuce			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Loganberry and tayberry	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Lovage			Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Marrow				Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Melon				Sow indoors		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest
Microgreens	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest
Mint				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Mizuna			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Mooli (daikon)							Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Mustard greens			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Nasturtium			Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Onion	Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest
Orache			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Oregano			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Pak choi				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Parsley		Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Parsnip	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside						Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Patty pan squash				Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Pea			Sow or plant outside	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Peach	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Pear	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside
Perpetual spinach			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Physalis (Cape gooseberry)			Sow indoors	Sow indoors		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Plum	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Potato		Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Pumpkin				Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest
Quince	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside							Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outside
Radicchio						Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Radish			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Raspberry	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Redcurrant	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Rhubarb	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Rocket			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Romanesco				Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Rosemary	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Runner bean				Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sage	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Salsify				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Savory				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Scorzonera				Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside					Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sea kale			Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest
Shallot		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest
Sorrel			Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Spinach			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest
Spring onion			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sprouting broccoli		Harvest	Harvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow or plant outside
Strawberry			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Swede	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside				Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sweet cicely			Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Sweet marjoram			Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sweet pepper		Sow indoors	Sow indoors			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sweet potato		Sow indoors	Sow indoors			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Sweetcorn				Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest
Swiss chard			Sow indoors	Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Tatsoi			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Thyme	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Tomatillo			Sow indoors	Sow indoors		Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Tomato		Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow indoors	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Turnip			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Viola and pansy	Harvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow indoorsHarvest	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside		Harvest	Harvest	Harvest
Watercress			Sow indoorsSow or plant outside	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow indoorsSow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest	Harvest
Whitecurrant	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside			Harvest	Harvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Wild garlic			Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest					Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside
Winter purslane	Harvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Sow or plant outsideHarvest	Harvest			Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Sow or plant outside	Harvest	Harvest

Timings vary by region, frost dates and variety. Check the Plant Guide for details on each crop.