Winter Vegetables to Grow UK: Allotment and Garden Guide
Discover the best winter vegetables to grow in the UK. Master hardy brassicas, root crops, winter salads, and overwintering broad beans on allotments.
United Kingdom & Ireland
Allotment timing, month by month.
A UK or Irish plot runs on a different clock from the USDA map most growing advice is written for: mild, wet winters, a long cool spring, and slugs. agripure reads its plant database through RHS hardiness ratings for these islands, and its allotment guides run month by month.
The guides below were written for UK plots — allotments, no-dig beds, peat-free compost, pigeons and slugs, and fruit trees for small gardens. The plant database adds the species rated fully hardy through a British winter.
Plant profiles carry an RHS hardiness rating (H1a tender to H7 hardiest) alongside the USDA range; filter the plant finder by rating.
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Guides
Written for United Kingdom & Ireland
92 guides written for United Kingdom & Ireland.
Winter Green Manure: Best Cover Crops for UK Gardens
Learn how to choose, sow, and manage winter green manures in the UK to protect bare soil, prevent nutrient leaching, and suppress weeds through wet winters.
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What to Plant in September in the UK: Autumn Sowing
Discover what to plant in September in the UK, from overwintering onion sets and garlic to autumn green manures, spring cabbages, and winter salads.
What to Plant in October UK: Autumn Sowing for Allotments
Learn what to plant in October UK gardens and allotments, focusing on garlic cloves, onion sets, overwintering broad beans, and hardy winter salad greens.
What to Plant in November UK: Allotment and Plot Guide
Discover what to plant in November in the UK: autumn garlic varieties, overwintering broad beans, bare-root fruit trees, and hardy winter salads under cloches.
What to Plant in June in the UK: Summer Sowing Guide
Learn what to plant in June across the UK, from direct-sown beans and courgettes to winter brassica successions and continuous salad leaf harvests.
What to Plant in July UK: Midsummer Sowing for Autumn Crops
Discover what to plant in July UK with succession sowing advice for root vegetables, fast brassicas, winter salads, and autumn harvest crops.
What to Plant in January in the UK: Early Sowing Guide
Discover what to plant and sow in January across the UK, from indoor heated propagators and greenhouse greens to bare-root fruit trees and rhubarb forcing.
What to Plant in February UK: Complete Sowing Guide
Discover what to plant in February across UK gardens and allotments. Learn which seeds to sow indoors, what to direct sow, and essential early spring jobs.
What to Plant in December UK: Winter Allotment Guide
Discover what to plant in December across UK allotments, including dormant fruit trees, hardy garlic, winter salads under glass, and plot planning.
What to Plant in August UK: Sowing Guide for Allotments
Discover what to plant in August UK allotments and gardens, from spring cabbage and winter salads to quick radishes and overwintering onions for fresh crops.
Plant database
Fully hardy picks
Profiles rated H5 to H7 on the RHS scale — hardy through a UK winter without protection. Ratings sit alongside the USDA range on every profile.
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