When to plant garlic in Bunbury

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April.

Garlic in Bunbury: soil, season and weather

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 9.1 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	August, 9.1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:45 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:56

Garlic in Bunbury: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

1 April — feed: nitrogen
29 April — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of garlic to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Garlic in nearby cities

4 of the nearest cities share Bunbury's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Perth	155 km	1 April	same day
Alice Springs	2,073 km	by 7 May	36 days later
Adelaide	2,116 km	1 April	same day
Mount Gambier	2,320 km	1 April	same day
Mildura	2,447 km	1 April	same day
Ballarat	2,588 km	20 May – end of June	49 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Bunbury

Within 15 km of Bunbury OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres and 6 farm-supply shops (collected 28 October 2026).

True Blue Turf — garden centre
1 km · trueblueturf.myshopify.com
Bunnings Garden Centre — garden centre
1 km
Big W Garden Centre — garden centre
2 km
Home Garden — garden centre
7 km