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Monthly planting guide

What to plant in July

Computed from this directory's own crop-rules table and each zone band's real median frost dates or monthly temperatures, for the 15th of July. A single national list would be wrong for most readers: July means a different planting stage in a cold-winter zone than it does in a hot, frost-rare one. Every crop name below links to that crop's own sourced guide.

Planting windows and crop timing here are computed from USDA/NOAA climate data and the university extension sources cited below, not a site visit or soil test. Treat this as a starting point: local conditions vary, and a local nursery or extension office can advise on your exact site. See our full Disclaimer.

Zones 1-5 (cold winters)

Fort Plain, NY · Zone 5b

Direct-sow

Basil

Zones 6-7 (temperate)

McMinnville, TN · Zone 7b

Direct-sow

Basil

Zones 8-9 (warm)

Apopka, FL · Zone 9b

Direct-sow

Basil

Zones 10-13 (hot, frost rare or absent)

Loxahatchee, FL · Zone 10b

Frost is rare or absent here; timing follows temperature, not frost dates.

Warm-season crops

Artichoke , Arugula , Basil , Bell Pepper , Cantaloupe / Muskmelon , Cleome (Spider Flower) , Cosmos , Cucumber , Eggplant , Fig , Four O'Clock , Lemongrass , Lima Beans , Marigold , Marjoram , Morning Glory , Okra , Pole Beans , Pumpkin , Rosemary , Snap Beans (Bush) , Summer Squash , Sunflower , Sweet Corn , Sweet Potato , Tomato , Watermelon , Winter Squash (Butternut) , Zinnia , Zucchini

July is high summer everywhere on this page: every band's own spring window has closed, and only succession planting or a genuinely warm-season crop carries the list.

About ten weeks past the cold band's own last frost and about twelve weeks from its own first fall frost around October 6. What's on the list above is a long succession window, not a new spring crop.

About fourteen weeks past the temperate band's own last frost. The same single succession crop from June is still the whole list here.

About twenty weeks past the warm band's own last frost, the deepest point in this band's growing season shown on this page.

July's own average in the hot band is about 82.1°F (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals), the second-warmest month in this band's own data and still under the 85°F ceiling, so warm-season crops keep their window open right through it.

Enter your ZIP for your own exact dates rather than these four representative bands.

Nurseries near these locations

Sources

Full per-crop citations are on each crop's own guide page, linked above. Institutions cited across this page: