November planting calendar
autumnWhat to plant in November
The garden settles for winter in zones 3-7 — garlic mulched, beds covered, tools cleaned. Zones 8-10 are in productive cool-season growing.
Universal November tasks
These tasks apply to most temperate gardens across the US and UK in November. Check the per-zone sections below for the specific crops to plant in your zone.
- Mulch garlic, asparagus, strawberries, and perennials with 10-15 cm of straw or leaves.
- Plant garlic and shallots in zones 7-9 (last chance in most zones).
- Clean, sharpen, and oil tools before storing for winter.
- Empty hoses, drain rain barrels and irrigation lines before hard freeze.
- Cover empty beds with cover crops, mulch, or tarps.
- Order seeds and plan next year while the season is fresh in memory.
UK gardeners — November
November in the UK is for finishing garlic planting, sowing overwintering broad beans, and protecting tender plants. Harvest brussels sprouts, leeks, parsnips, kale, and main-crop apples. Mulch asparagus crowns and strawberry beds.
Most of England and Wales falls in RHS H4-H5 (roughly USDA 7-8). Scotland skews cooler (H3-H4); coastal southwest skews warmer (H5). See UK hardiness ratings →
November planting by USDA zone
Pick your USDA zone for the full crop-by-crop list for November. Each zone page includes sowing, transplanting, harvesting, and maintenance actions.
Zone 3 — November
4 actions- Maintain: Final garden cleanup
- Maintain: Mulch garlic deeply (15 cm of straw)
- Prep & plan: Sharpen and store tools, drain hoses, empty rain barrels
See full zone 3 plan →
Zone 4 — November
4 actions- Maintain: Mulch garlic, asparagus, strawberries before deep freeze
- Sow outdoors: Final cover-crop sowings on bare ground
- Prep & plan: Tool maintenance, hose drainage, garden journal
See full zone 4 plan →
Zone 5 — November
4 actions- Maintain: Mulch garlic and perennial beds
- Sow outdoors: Garlic (early November — final window)
- Harvest: Final kale, brussels sprouts (cold sweetens them), root crops
See full zone 5 plan →
Zone 6 — November
4 actions- Sow outdoors: Garlic (early to mid-November)
- Harvest: Brussels sprouts, kale, leeks, parsnips, last carrots, beets
- Maintain: Mulch perennials, cover beds with leaves
See full zone 6 plan →
Zone 7 — November
4 actions- Sow outdoors: Garlic (early November)
- Sow outdoors: Overwintering broad beans, peas, spinach, mache
- Harvest: Kale, collards, brussels sprouts, leeks, carrots, parsnips
See full zone 7 plan →
Zone 8 — November
4 actions- Sow outdoors: Garlic, shallots
- Sow outdoors: Lettuce, spinach, kale, mustard, peas, radishes, carrots
- Transplant: Cool-season crops — broccoli, cabbage, kale
See full zone 8 plan →
Zone 9 — November
4 actions- Sow outdoors: Lettuce, spinach, kale, peas, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions
- Sow outdoors: Garlic (mid-November)
- Harvest: Citrus, fall tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes
See full zone 9 plan →
Zone 10 — November
4 actions- Sow outdoors: Full cool-season palette — lettuce, kale, peas, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, radishes
- Transplant: Cool-season transplants
- Harvest: Citrus, hot peppers, tropical herbs, sweet potatoes
See full zone 10 plan →
Zones 1-2 and 11-13 in November
Sub-Arctic zones 1-2 (interior Alaska and northern Canada) are still effectively dormant for any month outside June-August. Greenhouse and cold-frame work dominates the calendar; outdoor planting compresses into a 60-90 day window.
Tropical zones 11-13 (Hawaii, southern Florida, Puerto Rico) have no frost cycle. Calendar timing depends on the wet/dry seasons rather than spring/fall frost — most temperate crops grow October through April, with the hot-wet summer as the off-season.
Source and methodology
Timing curated against US Cooperative Extension publications (UNL, UMN, NC State, Texas A&M, UF/IFAS, Oregon State) and cross-checked against the RHS sowing calendar for UK readers. Frost-date averages from NOAA Climate Data Online. Curated by the Growli editorial team.