Varieties to grow in November

As long as you can push a trowel into the soil, you can still plant tulips, daffodils and other flower bulbs. Late bulbs tend to flower a little later than those planted in October, but they do flower. It is also the time for bare-root peonies and other perennial roots, which have the whole winter to root and start away as soon as spring arrives. Seeds can still be sown, although differently from the summer months. Hardy annuals such as cornflower, poppy, calendula, love-in-a-mist and larkspur can be sown in autumn on cold soil, where the seeds sit through winter and germinate when spring comes. If you want to get ahead, winter-hardy spinach, parsnip and winter carrot also work. Indoors, the dark season starts to work in your favour. Amaryllis and hyacinths can be forced in pots and flower in midwinter, and the bulb collections are an easy way to get a whole flower bed in one go. Here you will find the bulbs, tubers, roots and seeds suited to growing in November, gathered so you can easily see what can still be done this month.