November Planting Guide

Zone 9

Direct Sow Outside

  • Arugula

    9/30 - 11/4

    Best flavor if grown in the winter; Full sun to partial shade; Keep well water likes 1 inch of rain a week.

Transplant Starts

  • Blackberry

    9/30 - 11/11

    Best planted from cutting; Plant 100’ from red raspberries; Fruits in the summer; Harvest 2x a week.

  • Blueberry

    10/2 - 11/11

    Best planted bare root; Sunny to partial shade; Plant at least 2 so they cross pollinate; Prune while the plant is dormant.

  • Hops

    9/30 - 11/11

    Planted from a cutting; Needs full sun; Requires 120 frost free days to bloom; Dies back to ground each fall.

  • Lavender

    9/30 - 11/11

    Sow indoor 6-10 weeks before last spring frost; Likes 70-80 degree soil; Harden off before moving outside; Harvest in the morning.

"I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its tone is mellower, its colours are richer, and it is tinged with a little sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and its content."

Lin Yutang