Planting guide

When to plant broccolini

Tender long-stemmed broccoli that keeps producing side shoots; milder than broccoli. In Melbourne it goes in All year.

Start as: Seedling or Seed started indoors
Ready in: 8–11 wks
Spacing: 30 cm
Depth: 0.5 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means broccolini can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's real monthly temperatures, not a zone map. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Melbourne	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Brisbane	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Perth	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Adelaide	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Gold Coast	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Newcastle	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Canberra	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Central Coast	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Geelong	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wollongong	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Hobart	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Townsville	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Darwin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	●	●	●
Mandurah	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Bendigo	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Launceston	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Mackay	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	●	●	●
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Bundaberg	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wellington	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Christchurch	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
London	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	○	○
Los Angeles	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●
Chicago	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Austin	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Toronto	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Cape Town	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Johannesburg	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Singapore	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mumbai	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Paris	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○

How to plant broccolini

Sow seed indoors or buy seedlings.
Plant 30 cm apart in rich soil.
Net against caterpillars.
Snip shoots often to keep it cropping.

Broccolini varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

AspabrocClassicfast · 8–11 wksQuick, tender stems; milder than broccoli
ApolloClassicheat-tolerant · 8–11 wksSweet-stemmed hybrid for warmer weather
Happy RichClassicfast · 8–11 wksLong tender stems, tasty side shoots

Where to buy seeds

Search on Seeds of Plenty Search on Happy Valley Seeds Search on The Diggers Club Search on Amazon

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Shops shown are for Australia. The chooser picks shops for your country.

Good companions

Onion, Dill, Beetroot

Broccolini by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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