Monthly planting guide
What to plant in June
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 June. A single national list would be wrong for most readers: June 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
Zones 6-7 (temperate)
McMinnville, TN · Zone 7b
Direct-sow
Zones 8-9 (warm)
Apopka, FL · Zone 9b
Direct-sow
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
June sits well past spring planting in the cold and temperate bands and deep into summer heat in the hot band.
About six weeks past the cold band's own last frost. What's left on the list above is succession sowing, not a new spring window.
About ten weeks past the temperate band's own last frost, deep enough into the season that the list narrows to a single succession crop.
About sixteen weeks past the warm band's own last frost. Summer holds here the way it does in the temperate band: one succession crop still going.
June's own average in the hot band is about 80.6°F (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals), above the cool-season ceiling and inside the warm-season range this table uses, comfortably below the 85°F point where most planting stops working.
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:
- Clemson Cooperative Extension - Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center
- Colorado State University Extension
- Colorado State University Extension, Colorado Master Gardener Program
- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach (Yard and Garden)
- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach (Yard and Garden FAQ)
- Missouri Botanical Garden (Kemper Center for Home Gardening / gardeninghelp.org)
- NC State Extension
- NC State Extension
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- NC State Extension Publications
- Purdue Extension (Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture)
- University of Maryland Extension
- University of Minnesota Extension
- University of Missouri Extension
- Utah State University Cooperative Extension
- Utah State University Extension
- Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University