A local planting guide for New Zealand — hardiness zone 9b, average frost dates, and the vegetables, herbs and flowers that thrive here.
Decoded from long-run climate normals for Queenstown's location. Use it as a starting point — your own garden's aspect, walls and soil shift these by a week or two.
214 plants in the library suit hardiness zone 9b. Tap any one for its sowing calendar, spacing and companions.
New to growing? These are forgiving, fast, and can go straight into the ground — a good first season in hardiness zone 9b.