Best time to plant celery in Brisbane
Apium graveolens
Also called stalk celery
Sow celery in Brisbane in Aug to Oct.
Long, ribbed stalks are the main reason to grow celery, a form of Apium graveolens from the family Apiaceae. They can be eaten raw, simmered in a soup or stew, or put through a juicer. Its strongly aromatic seeds serve as a spice or go into celery salt.
When to sow in Brisbane
Brisbane, QLD is in the subtropical zone. The zone also plants in Mar to Jul, but Brisbane's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Brisbane
Frost usually arrives in Brisbane around mid July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early July or as late as early August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 6mm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 15cm
- Height
- 40cm
- Germination
- About 21 days
- Time to harvest
- 120 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.