What to sow and plant in October — UK
October is the UK's best planting month. Garlic, autumn onion sets, spring cabbage, bare-root fruit and tulips all want to go in now while the soil holds its summer warmth but the rain has returned.
Sow in October
Garden Pea
Pisum sativum
Rocket
Eruca sativa
Sweet Pea
Lathyrus odoratus
Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Broad Bean
Vicia faba
Plant out in October
Onion
Allium cepa
Garlic
Allium sativum
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea
Pansy / Viola
Viola x wittrockiana
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Peony
Paeonia
Daffodil
Narcissus
Crocus
Crocus
Hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis
Camassia
Camassia leichtlinii
Forget-me-not
Myosotis
Camellia
Camellia japonica
Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
Azalea
Rhododendron (Azalea group)
Pieris 'Forest Flame'
Pieris japonica 'Forest Flame'
Skimmia
Skimmia japonica
Mahonia
Mahonia x media 'Charity'
Viburnum tinus
Viburnum tinus
Daphne
Daphne odora
Spirea
Spiraea japonica
Forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia
Weigela
Weigela florida
Honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum
Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum
Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea petiolaris
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
English Ivy
Hedera helix
Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
Mock Orange
Philadelphus coronarius
Pearl Bush
Exochorda x macrantha
Kerria
Kerria japonica
Beauty Bush
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Deutzia
Deutzia x rosea
Firethorn
Pyracantha
Flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
Climbing Hydrangea
Pileostegia viburnoides
Harvest in October
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Kale
Brassica oleracea
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea
Chilli
Capsicum annuum
Pumpkin
Cucurbita maxima
Butternut Squash
Cucurbita moschata
Leek
Allium ampeloprasum
Rocket
Eruca sativa
Flat-leaf Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Apple
Malus domestica
Pear
Pyrus communis
Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos
Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Swede
Brassica napus
Turnip
Brassica rapa
Florence Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare azoricum
Celeriac
Apium graveolens rapaceum
Pak Choi
Brassica rapa chinensis
Mizuna
Brassica rapa nipposinica
Sweet Marjoram
Origanum majorana
Cobnut / Hazelnut
Corylus avellana
Walnut
Juglans regia
Kiwi Fruit
Actinidia deliciosa