What to Plant Now: Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, and More
Go deep: Giving plants a quick drink occasionally is OK during the hot days ahead, but it’s no substitute for deep irrigation. Also, make sure to harvest regularly. If vegetables aren’t picked often, plants may go to seed and stop producing.
Vegetables and Herbs
- Arugula
- Basil
- Bean
- Beet
- Borage
- Cantaloupe
- Carrot
- Catnip
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Dill
- Eggplant
- Fennel
- Feverfew
- Lavender
- Lemon balm
- Lemon verbena
- Melon
- Mint
- New Zealand spinach
- Okra
- Onion
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Pepper
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Rosemary
- Squash
- Summer savory
- Sweet marjoram
- Swiss chard
- Thyme
- Tomatillo
- Tomato
- Winter squash
Flowers
- Ageratum
- Alyssum
- Armeria
- Aster
- Bacopa
- Begonia
- Blue flax
- Cactus
- Campanula
- Canna
- Celosia
- Coleus
- Coreopsis
- Cosmos
- Dahlia
- Dianthus
- Echinacea
- Euphorbia
- Gaillardia
- Gazania
- Geranium
- Ginger
- Heliotrope
- Impatiens
- Lavender
- Lisianthus
- Lobelia
- Love-in-a-puff
- Love-in-a-mist
- Mallow
- Marigold
- Million bells
- Nasturtium
- Nicotiana
- Penstemon
- Petunia
- Portulaca
- Salvia
- Scaevola
- Snow-in-Summer
- Society garlic
- Statice
- Succulents
- Sunflower
- Verbena
- Vinca
- Yarrow
- Zinnia
Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
- Banana
- Bougainvillea
- Brugmansia
- Buddleia
- Chinese lantern
- Hibiscus
- Mandevilla
- Moonflower
- Morning glory
- Palm
- Papaya
- Passion vine
- Plumeria
- Rose