What to Plant in June Your Texas Garden Guide

Send us Fan MailIf you have been wondering whether it is too late to plant anything in Texas — this episode is your answer. June is not the month to stop gardening. It is the month to choose the right plants.In this episode, Vandhana walks you through exactly what to plant right now across every Texas region — Houston and the Gulf Coast, Austin and Central Texas, Dallas and North Texas, and El Paso and West Texas. Plus: the truth about June pest and disease pressure, why cutting back your spring tomatoes is a strategy (not a failure), and why southern peas might be the most underrated summer crop in Texas.In This EpisodeWhy June is actually a month of abundance in a Houston garden — and what the chaos looks like alongside itThe "summer swap" — clearing spring crops to make room for what belongs in this seasonWhy summer tomatoes and summer broccoli are not for Texas summersThe full Houston and Gulf Coast June plant list: vegetables, herbs, and flowersThe southern peas story — heat-tolerant, productive, and nitrogen-fixingRegional breakdowns for Austin, Dallas, and El PasoThe June beginner formula: 1-2 vegetables, 1-2 herbs, 1-2 flowers — all chosen for the heatWhat Vandhana is personally planting right now, including the giant sunflowersJune Plant List — Houston & Gulf Coast (Zone 9B)VegetablesSweet potato slips — direct plantHot peppers — transplantsEggplant — transplantsAsian cucumbers — transplantsSummer squash — transplantsLong beans — seedsSouthern peas / cowpeas — seeds — purple hull, black-eyed, crowderOkra — seedsMelons — seeds or transplantsSummer gourds — seeds or transplantsRoselle / Hibiscus sabdariffa — seeds or transplantsHerbsBasil — seeds or transplantsRosemary — transplantsCuban oregano — transplantsLemon grass — plant or divisionFlowersSunflowers — seeds — including giant varietiesMarigold — seeds or transplantsZinnia — seeds or transplantsNative flowers — seedsEchinacea — seeds or transplantsCoreopsis — seeds or transplantsAsian veggies — seeds or transplants — Malabar spinach, bitter melon, luffa