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Monthly planting guide

What to plant in November

Computed from this directory's own crop-rules table and each zone band's real median frost dates or monthly temperatures, for the 15th of November. A single national list would be wrong for most readers: November means a different planting stage in a cold-winter zone than it does in a hot, frost-rare one. Every crop name below links to that crop's own sourced guide.

Planting windows and crop timing here are computed from USDA/NOAA climate data and the university extension sources cited below, not a site visit or soil test. Treat this as a starting point: local conditions vary, and a local nursery or extension office can advise on your exact site. See our full Disclaimer.

Zones 1-5 (cold winters)

Fort Plain, NY · Zone 5b

Nothing in our crop table has an open window here in November.

Zones 6-7 (temperate)

McMinnville, TN · Zone 7b

Nothing in our crop table has an open window here in November.

Zones 8-9 (warm)

Apopka, FL · Zone 9b

Start indoors

Artichoke

Fall planting

Beets , Broccoli , Brussels Sprouts , Cabbage , Collards , Kale , Kohlrabi , Mustard Greens , Radish , Spinach , Turnip

Zones 10-13 (hot, frost rare or absent)

Loxahatchee, FL · Zone 10b

Frost is rare or absent here; timing follows temperature, not frost dates.

Cool-season crops

Apple (bare-root fruit tree) , Apricot (bare-root fruit tree) , Asparagus , Bachelor's Button (Cornflower) , Bare-root rose , Beets , Blackberry , Blueberry , Bok Choy , Broccoli , Brussels Sprouts , Cabbage , Calendula , Carrots , Catnip/Catmint , Cauliflower , Celery , Cherry (sweet/tart, bare-root fruit tree) , Chives , Cilantro , Collards , Currant , Deciduous shade tree (generic, e.g. maple/oak, bare-root or B&B) , Dill , Elderberry , Evergreen shrub (B&B/potted, e.g. arborvitae, boxwood) , Fennel (Bulb/Florence) , Flowering deciduous shrub (generic, e.g. lilac/forsythia) , Garden Peas , Garlic , Gooseberry , Kale , Kohlrabi , Larkspur , Lavender , Leek , Lettuce , Mint , Mustard Greens , Nasturtium , Onion (bulb) , Oregano , Parsley , Parsnip , Peach (bare-root fruit tree) , Pear (bare-root fruit tree) , Petunia , Plum (bare-root fruit tree) , Potato , Radish , Raspberry , Rhubarb , Rutabaga , Sage , Snapdragon , Snow Peas , Spinach , Strawberry , Sweet Alyssum , Sweet Pea , Swiss Chard , Table/Bunch Grape , Tarragon , Thyme , Turnip

Warm-season crops

Artichoke , Arugula , Basil , Bell Pepper , Cantaloupe / Muskmelon , Cleome (Spider Flower) , Cosmos , Cucumber , Eggplant , Fig , Four O'Clock , Lemongrass , Lima Beans , Marigold , Marjoram , Morning Glory , Okra , Pole Beans , Pumpkin , Rosemary , Snap Beans (Bush) , Summer Squash , Sunflower , Sweet Corn , Sweet Potato , Tomato , Watermelon , Winter Squash (Butternut) , Zinnia , Zucchini

November is dormant in the cold and temperate bands and finally the start of fall planting in the warm band.

About six weeks past the cold band's own first fall frost. Nothing on the crop table has an open window here.

About two weeks past the temperate band's own first fall frost. Same result: nothing open.

About six weeks out from the warm band's own first fall frost of December 29, squarely inside the four-to-eight-week fall-planting window. This is the real fall-planting month for this band, later than either the cold or temperate band because this band's own first frost comes so much later in the year.

November's own average in the hot band is about 72.2°F (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals), back under the 75°F cool-season ceiling, so the cool-season list above reopens this month alongside the warm-season list that never closed.

Enter your ZIP for your own exact dates rather than these four representative bands.

Nurseries near these locations

Sources

Full per-crop citations are on each crop's own guide page, linked above. Institutions cited across this page: