What to plant in October

HOT CLIMATES Food plants: Basil, beans, beetroot, capsicum, carrots, celery, chicory, cucumbers, eggplant, endive, fennel, tropical lettuce, melons, parsley, peas, radish, rosellas, sweet corn. Plants for beauty: Alyssum, cosmos, dichondra, gaillardia, impatiens, nasturtiums, phlox and salvia. COLD AND TEMPERATE Food plants: Asparagus, basil, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, eggplant, leeks, parsley, peanuts, radish, tomatoes, zucchini. Plants for beauty: Amaranthus, balsam, calendula, coleus, delphinium, foxglove, marigolds, nasturtium, petunia (right), zinnia.