November marks the true start of summer in South Africa — long sunny days, warm soil, and rapid growth! 🌞 It’s one of the most exciting gardening months because almost everything you plant now will thrive through the warmer season.


🌼 Flower Power – Bring on the Summer Blooms!
November is perfect for filling your garden with vibrant, heat-loving annuals and perennials that bring colour right through to autumn.
🌸 Sun Lovers
Plant zinnias, marigolds, petunias, portulacas, cosmos, gazanias, salvias, verbena, and sunflowers. These hardy annuals love the heat and brighten any sunny bed.
🌿 Shade or Semi-Shade
Add impatiens, begonias, coleus, lobelia, and torenia to cooler spots for lush foliage and cheerful blooms.
🌷 Perennials to Plant Now
Agapanthus, daylilies, gaura, penstemon, osteospermum, and pelargoniums give lasting summer colour and return each year.
💡 Feed flowering plants with 3:1:5 or organic booster every few weeks, and mulch well to keep soil cool.


🥕 Grow Your Own – Vegetables for November
Warm soil means fast germination and strong growth!
🌱 Sow Directly
Beans, sweetcorn, baby marrows, cucumbers, pumpkins, butternuts, gem squash, melons, spinach, carrots, beetroot, lettuce, and radishes.
🌿 Plant Seedlings
Tomatoes, brinjals, peppers, cabbage, celery, okra, and leeks. Stake tall crops like tomatoes and beans early.
💧 Keep soil moist and mulch to reduce evaporation.


🌿 Herbs to Add Flavour and Fragrance
Plant basil, parsley, chives, dill, mint, oregano, thyme, and lemon balm.
Pick often to encourage bushy growth, and protect tender herbs like basil from harsh midday sun.


🍊 Fruits for a Sweet Summer Harvest
Plant granadillas, strawberries, melons, and young citrus or fig trees.
Thin fruit on peaches and plums for better size and flavour. Feed trees with 3:1:5 fertiliser and water deeply once or twice a week.


🌳 Trees, Shrubs & Groundcovers
Establish new trees and shrubs before peak summer.
Try Buddleja auriculata, Plumbago, Tecoma capensis, and Bauhinia galpinii.
For groundcover, plant Dymondia margaretae, Gazania rigens, Liriope, or Pennisetum grasses.
🌿 Mulch well to keep roots cool and conserve moisture.


🌺 Go Indigenous for Summer Beauty
Add South African charm with Aloe cooperi, Pelargonium sidoides, Arctotis hybrids, Scabiosa africana, Diascia barberae, Felicia amelloides, and Gazania krebsiana.
These indigenous gems handle heat and drought while attracting bees and butterflies. 🐝


🌞 Final Touches for a Blooming Summer
Water deeply and consistently (early mornings are best).
Feed every few weeks.
Keep weeds in check.
Refresh mulch.
Enjoy your garden in full bloom! 🌻


Happy planting from the ClicknPlant team!
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