Planting guide

When to plant coriander

Fresh leaves for curries and salsa; bolts in heat, so sow in the cool months. In Melbourne it goes in Mar–Oct.

Start as: Seed, sown in place
Ready in: 4–7 wks
Spacing: 10 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Sun: Half a day (3–6 hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means coriander can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. 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 coriander

Sow seed 1 cm deep where it will grow; it dislikes being moved.
Sow a little every 3 weeks for steady leaves.
Give afternoon shade in warm weather to slow bolting.
Let a few plants flower and set seed for coriander seed.

Coriander varieties

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

Slow Bolt Classicslow-bolting · 4–7 wksHolds its leaves longer before flowering
Santo Classicslow-bolting · heirloom · 5–8 wksGood leaf yield and slow to run to seed
Vietnamese Coriander Adventurousheat-tolerant · hot · 4–7 wksA different plant; spicy leaves that love warm, damp spots