What to Plant in June in Zone 7
Here is what you can sow in June if you garden in USDA zone 7. Dates use typical zone 7 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 12 – Jun 12 |
| Tomato, cherrySun Gold | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 12 |
| Tomato, pasteAmish Paste | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, bellAce | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, hotJalapeño | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| EggplantNadia | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 12 |
| Cucumber, slicingMarketmore 76 | spring | Apr 12 – Jul 12 |
| Cucumber, picklingExcelsior | spring | Apr 12 – Jul 12 |
| Squash, summerZucchini Dunja | spring | Apr 12 – Jul 26 |
| Squash, winterWaltham Butternut | spring | May 12 – Jun 26 |
| PumpkinNew England Pie | spring | May 26 – Jul 10 |
| WatermelonCrimson Sweet | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 12 |
| CantaloupeHale's Best | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 12 |
| OkraClemson Spineless | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 26 |
| Sweet CornInspiration | spring | Apr 12 – Jul 12 |
| Pole BeanKentucky Wonder | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 12 |
| Sweet PotatoBeauregard | spring | May 12 – Jun 23 |
| BasilGenovese | spring | Apr 26 – Jul 12 |
| Lima Bean (Bush)Henderson | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 4 |
| Edamame (Soybean)Envy | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 9 |
| Southern Pea (Black-Eyed Pea)California Blackeye No. 5 | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 19 |
| Bean, dryPinto | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 4 |
| TomatilloToma Verde | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 12 |
| Ground CherryAunt Molly's | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 12 |
| Honeydew MelonEarli-Dew | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 12 |
| Spaghetti SquashTivoli | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 19 |
| Acorn SquashTable Queen | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 19 |
| Luffa GourdSmooth Luffa | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 19 |
| Sunflower, confectionMammoth Grey Stripe | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 19 |
| Pepper, bananaSweet Banana | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, poblanoPoblano | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, serranoSerrano Tampiqueno | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, cayenneLong Slim | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, shishitoShishito | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, habaneroOrange Habanero | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| TarragonFrench | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 14 |
| MarjoramSweet Marjoram | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 28 |
| Lemon BalmCommon | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 14 |
| Summer SavoryCommon | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 28 |
| GingerBaby Ginger (Hawaiian) | spring | May 5 – Jun 4 |
| TurmericHawaiian Red | spring | May 5 – Jun 4 |
| LemongrassWest Indian | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 4 |
| Bay LaurelSweet Bay | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 4 |
| BorageCommon | spring | Apr 5 – Jun 14 |
| Catmint (Catnip)Nepeta cataria | spring | Apr 5 – Jun 4 |
| Shiso (Perilla)Britton | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 14 |
| Scarlet Runner BeanScarlet Emperor | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 4 |
| PopcornRobust Pop | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 4 |
| Cucamelon (Mouse Melon)Melothria scabra | spring | Apr 19 – Jun 4 |
| Malabar SpinachRed Stem | spring | Apr 26 – Jun 14 |
| Tomato | spring | Apr 12 – Jun 12 |
| Pepper, sweet | spring | Apr 21 – Jun 12 |
| Cucumber | spring | Apr 12 – Jul 12 |
Zone 7 in June
The Last Window Before the Wall
A Crowded Table That's About to Empty
Fifty-plus crops still sit on this month's table, but almost none of them will still have an open planting window come July. This is the last realistic date to start a warm-season crop and still get a full harvest before summer heat starts working against fruit set instead of for it.
Corn, beans, peppers, and the vining crops all need roughly 60 to 90 days to finish depending on variety; count backward from late September, when heat stress typically starts costing yield, and you'll see why June is the last comfortable start.
Bush beans in particular reward an early start this month. Planted now, they typically reach harvest in 50 to 55 days, comfortably inside the window before July's worst heat, while the same variety started even two weeks later runs straight into it.
Watch the Base of the Squash Vine
Squash vine borer moths fly through June on the eastern side of this zone, east of the Rocky Mountains, and where they're present the first sign is rarely the caterpillar itself, it's a small pile of moist, sawdust-like frass sitting at the base of the stem. Check weekly; a plant caught in the first few days can often be saved by slitting the stem lengthwise and removing the borer, while one caught after the vine has already wilted usually can't. Gardeners on the western side of this zone, eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, won't see this moth at all; the squash pest to watch for there is squash bug instead, a flat brownish insect that clusters bronze egg masses on leaf undersides and sucks stems until they blacken.
Established beds want roughly 1.5 inches of water a week once temperatures push into the 90s. Check with a finger 2 inches down before turning on the hose, and soak the root zone thoroughly rather than running a light sprinkle every day.
Basil planted this month can be pinched back hard through the summer to delay flowering. Removing any flower spike the moment it appears keeps a plant producing usable leaf for months instead of bolting to seed by August.
June in zone 7: common questions
What can I plant in June in zone 7?+
In June, USDA zone 7 gardeners can sow Tomato, slicing, Tomato, cherry, Tomato, paste, Pepper, bell, Pepper, hot, Eggplant, and more. Dates use typical zone 7 frosts, so your own microclimate may shift them by a week or two.
What USDA hardiness zone am I in?+
Zone 7 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 7 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.