The following is a list of things you can plant in August in Sydney, a temperate zone:

• Amaranth
• Artichokes  in pots
• Beetroot
• Cabbage in seed trays
• Cape Gooseberry
• Capsicum in pots
• Chilli in pots
• Eggplant in seed trays
• Kohlrabi
• Leeks in seed trays
• Mustard Greens
• Onion
• Parsnip
• Peas
• Potato
• Radish
• Rocket
• Snow Peas
• Sunflower
• Tomato in pots
• Watermelon in pots

Plant of the Month – The blossoms of the spectacular and fragrant Cochliostema (odoratissima)

(Click on the photos and Zoom in to see the detail on the petals)