When to plant garlic in Liverpool: 27 October – end of December

In Liverpool, garlic: plant from 27 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Fowler's Gardens Limited (garden centre, 11 km) and Whitakers Garden Center (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Liverpool: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Liverpool from 27 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 2.8 °C.

Planting	27 October – end of December
First autumn frost	26 November
Coldest nights	January, 2.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	9:51 on 27 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:29

The same dates in Liverpool hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Liverpool: care after planting

Planted on 27 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

27 October — feed: nitrogen
24 November — 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic earlier than Liverpool; the closest date is in Wrexham, 3 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Wrexham	40 km	24 October – end of December	3 days earlier
Manchester	50 km	15 October – end of December	12 days earlier
Stoke-on-Trent	68 km	16 October – end of December	11 days earlier
Bradford	92 km	19 October – end of December	8 days earlier
Sheffield	100 km	23 October – end of December	4 days earlier
Leeds	104 km	24 October – end of December	3 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Liverpool

Planting stock goes into the ground from 27 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Liverpool OpenStreetMap lists 21 garden centres, 5 plant nurseries, 9 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Fowler's Gardens Limited — garden centre
Webber Road 7, L33 7SW · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00 · 11 km · fowlerlandscapeconstruction.com
Whitakers Garden Center — garden centre
Manchester Road, L34 5UD Prescot · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30, Sun 10:00–16:30 · 12 km · whitakersgardencentre.co.uk
Garden World at Home Bargains — garden centre
Prescot Park Way, L34 1AA · Mon–Sat 08:00–21:00; Sun 11:00–17:00 · 12 km · storelocator.home.bargains
Equip2garden — garden centre
Birchill Road, L33 7TD · Mon–Fri 07:30–16:00 · 12 km · equip2garden.co.uk

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