What to Plant in June in Zone 6
Here is what you can sow in June if you garden in USDA zone 6. Dates use typical zone 6 frosts, so your own microclimate may shift them by a week or two.
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| Crop | Window | Sow between |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicingBig Beef | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Tomato, cherrySun Gold | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Tomato, pasteAmish Paste | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, bellAce | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, hotJalapeño | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| EggplantNadia | spring | May 11 – Jun 27 |
| Cucumber, slicingMarketmore 76 | spring | Apr 27 – Jul 27 |
| Cucumber, picklingExcelsior | spring | Apr 27 – Jul 27 |
| Squash, summerZucchini Dunja | spring | Apr 27 – Aug 10 |
| Squash, winterWaltham Butternut | spring | May 27 – Jul 5 |
| PumpkinNew England Pie | spring | Jun 10 – Jun 30 |
| WatermelonCrimson Sweet | spring | May 11 – Jun 27 |
| CantaloupeHale's Best | spring | May 11 – Jun 27 |
| OkraClemson Spineless | spring | May 11 – Jul 11 |
| Sweet CornInspiration | spring | Apr 27 – Jul 25 |
| Bush BeanProvider | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 10 |
| Pole BeanKentucky Wonder | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Sweet PotatoBeauregard | spring | May 27 – Jun 13 |
| PotatoKennebec | fall | Jun 27 – Jul 10 |
| BasilGenovese | spring | May 11 – Jul 27 |
| Lima Bean (Bush)Henderson | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 19 |
| Edamame (Soybean)Envy | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 24 |
| Southern Pea (Black-Eyed Pea)California Blackeye No. 5 | spring | May 4 – Jul 4 |
| Bean, dryPinto | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 19 |
| Corn, dent (grinding)Reid's Yellow Dent | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 4 |
| Amaranth, grainGolden Giant | spring | May 4 – Jun 9 |
| Sorghum, grainMennonite | spring | May 4 – Jun 9 |
| SalsifyMammoth Sandwich Island | fall | Jun 25 – Aug 6 |
| TomatilloToma Verde | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Ground CherryAunt Molly's | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Honeydew MelonEarli-Dew | spring | May 11 – Jun 27 |
| Spaghetti SquashTivoli | spring | May 11 – Jul 4 |
| Acorn SquashTable Queen | spring | May 11 – Jul 4 |
| Luffa GourdSmooth Luffa | spring | May 11 – Jul 4 |
| Sunflower, confectionMammoth Grey Stripe | spring | May 4 – Jul 4 |
| Pepper, bananaSweet Banana | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, poblanoPoblano | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, serranoSerrano Tampiqueno | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, cayenneLong Slim | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, shishitoShishito | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, habaneroOrange Habanero | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| DillFernleaf | spring | Apr 13 – Jun 1 |
| OreganoGreek | spring | Apr 13 – Jun 1 |
| ThymeEnglish | spring | Apr 13 – Jun 1 |
| RosemaryTuscan Blue | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 1 |
| SageBroadleaf | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 1 |
| MintSpearmint | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 15 |
| ChivesCommon | spring | Apr 6 – Jun 1 |
| TarragonFrench | spring | May 11 – Jun 29 |
| MarjoramSweet Marjoram | spring | May 4 – Jul 13 |
| Lemon BalmCommon | spring | May 4 – Jun 29 |
| Summer SavoryCommon | spring | May 4 – Jul 13 |
| GingerBaby Ginger (Hawaiian) | spring | May 20 – Jun 19 |
| TurmericHawaiian Red | spring | May 20 – Jun 19 |
| LavenderMunstead (English) | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 1 |
| LemongrassWest Indian | spring | May 11 – Jun 19 |
| Bay LaurelSweet Bay | spring | May 4 – Jun 19 |
| BorageCommon | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 29 |
| SteviaSweet Leaf | spring | May 4 – Jun 4 |
| Catmint (Catnip)Nepeta cataria | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 19 |
| Shiso (Perilla)Britton | spring | May 11 – Jun 29 |
| Scarlet Runner BeanScarlet Emperor | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 19 |
| PopcornRobust Pop | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 16 |
| Cucamelon (Mouse Melon)Melothria scabra | spring | May 4 – Jun 19 |
| Malabar SpinachRed Stem | spring | May 11 – Jun 29 |
| Tomato | spring | Apr 27 – Jun 27 |
| Pepper, sweet | spring | May 6 – Jun 27 |
| Cucumber | spring | Apr 27 – Jul 27 |
| Bean | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 10 |
| NasturtiumJewel Mix | spring | Apr 20 – Jun 1 |
Zone 6 in June
June in Zone 6: Almost Nothing New Opens, and That Is the Point
The planting calendar goes quiet on purpose
After April and May both opened dozens of new crops, June is deliberately narrow, with only pumpkin, a fall potato crop, and fall salsify starting fresh. That is not an oversight in the calendar, it reflects how little unclaimed season is left for anything slow: a crop needing 100-plus days to finish, started in June, is racing an October 15 first frost with very little room for a rough patch along the way.
This is a maintenance month more than a planting one
With the planting list this thin, June's real work shifts to keeping May's plantings alive through the first real heat, not adding new ones. Deep-water establishing transplants twice a week rather than a daily sprinkle, since a light daily watering trains roots to stay near the surface where June heat dries them out fastest, while a deep soak twice a week pulls roots down 6 to 8 inches where soil holds moisture longer. Check the underside of squash and cucumber leaves weekly for squash bug eggs, and check the bare soil right at the base of each plant for striped cucumber beetle eggs, since that beetle tucks its eggs into cracks in the dirt rather than laying on foliage. Either one is far easier to knock back now, while numbers are still low, than in July after a second generation has bred.
A second potato crop is the one real planting job this month
Fall potatoes planted in June and dug after the mid-October frost get roughly 18 weeks to bulk up underground, enough time to finish as full-size storage potatoes instead of the small new ones a tighter fall window leaves in a colder zone. Use whole seed potatoes rather than cut pieces, since June's warmer, wetter soil rots cut seed pieces far more often than the cooler ground of spring does.
June in zone 6: common questions
What can I plant in June in zone 6?+
In June, USDA zone 6 gardeners can sow Tomato, slicing, Tomato, cherry, Tomato, paste, Pepper, bell, Pepper, hot, Eggplant, and more. Dates use typical zone 6 frosts, so your own microclimate may shift them by a week or two.
What USDA hardiness zone am I in?+
Zone 6 is one band of the map, but planting time is set by your local frost dates, not the zone number. Enter your ZIP code in the free planner and it uses your actual frost dates, which can differ by weeks within a single zone.
Are these June planting dates exact?+
They are typical zone 6 windows. Two gardens in the same zone can be a week or two apart because of elevation and local climate, so treat these as a starting point and tune them to your ZIP code with the free planner.