When to plant: fruit
by Rhiannon James
credit: f_shields
Not sure when to plant a peach or put in a pear? All you need is this handy chart!
Table labels
P - planting time (* for ideal month)
H - harvest time
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Apple | P | P | P | H | H | P | P | P | ||||
Apricot | H | H | H | P | P* | |||||||
Blackberry | P | P | P | H | H | P H | P* | P | ||||
Blackcurrant | H | H | P | P | ||||||||
Cherry | P | P | H | H | H | P | P* | P | ||||
Corylus/Hazel | P | P | P | H | P H | P | P | |||||
Fig | P | P | P | H | H | H | P | P | ||||
Gooseberry | P | P | P | H | H | H | H | P | P | |||
Grape | P | P | P* H | P | P | |||||||
Loganberry | P | P | P | H | H | P | P | P | ||||
Medlar | P | P | P | P | P H | P | ||||||
Peach | H | H | P | P | ||||||||
Pear | P | P | P | H | H | P | P | |||||
Plum/Damson | P | P | P | H | H | P* | P* | P | ||||
Quince | P H | P | ||||||||||
Raspberry | H | H | H | P | P* | |||||||
Rhubarb | H | P H | H | H | H | H | ||||||
Strawberry | H | P*H | P*H | |||||||||
Tayberry | P | P | P | H | H | P | P | P | ||||
Vaccinium / Blueberry | P | P | P | H | H | P | P | P |