June Sowing & Transplanting

What to Plant this Month

June Planting Guide - Summer Rainfall Regions

Hot summer and cold winter with frost in some parts. Includes most of Gauteng and Limpopo Province, the Free State highveld, Mpumalanga highveld, North West and Northern Provinces, and the KZN Midlands.
Plant NameSow or Transplant
Collards & KalePlant out (transplant) seedlings
MintSow Seed
Pak ChoiStart in seed trays or plant out (transplant) seedlings or sow seed
PeasSow Seed
Sweet Marjoram Plant out (transplant) seedlings

June Planting Guide - Humid Sub-Tropical Regions

Warm temperate region including most of the East coast, the Garden Route, and Eastern lowveld. Typified by the humid KZN coastal region, which is very hot and humid in summer (average 18 degrees C).
Plant NameSow or Transplant
BeansSow Seed
BeetrootSow Seed
CabbageStart in seed trays or plant out (transplant) seedlings or sow seed
CarrotSow Seed
CucumberSow Seed
GingerPlant Rhizomes
LettucePlant out (transplant) seedlings
Mustard GreensSow Seed
MintSow Seed
Mustard GreensSow Seed
Pak ChoiStart in seed trays or plant out (transplant) seedlings or sow seed
ParsleyPlant out (transplant) seedlings
PeasSow Seed
Pumpkin & SquashSow Seed
RadishSow Seed
Rutabaga & SwedesSow Seed
TomatoSow Seed
TurnipSow Seed
Zucchini (also Courgette/Marrow, Summer squash) Sow Seed

June Planting Guide - Dry Summer Sub-Tropical Regions

Warm temperate, typical Mediterranean-type climate with dry,warm sub-tropical summer (normally above 10 degrees C). Cool, wet winter. Confined to the South Western Cape and western part of the Southern Cape.
Plant NameSow or Transplant
Broad BeansSow seed
CauliflowerSow Seed
Celery & CeleriacSow Seed
MintSow Seed
Mustard GreensSow Seed
OnionsPlant out (transplant) seedlings
Pak ChoiPlant out (transplant) seedlings
ParsleyPlant out (transplant) seedlings
PeasSow Seed
PotatoPlant seed potatoes
RadishSow Seed
ShallotsPlant out (transplant) seedlings
TurnipSow Seed

June Planting Guide - Semi-Arid Regions

Dry and hot in summer. Cold, often with frost in winter. Includes most of the northern part of the Eastern Cape, including the Klein Karoo, the Great Karoo and Northern Cape, as well as some of the northern West Coast towards Namibia.
Plant NameSow or Transplant
ChivesSow Seed
Collards & KalePlant out (transplant) seedlings
MintSow Seed
Mustard GreensPlant out (transplant) seedlings
OnionsPlant out (transplant) seedlings
Oregano & MarjoramPlant out (transplant) seedlings
ParsleyPlant out (transplant) seedlings
Pak ChoiPlant out (transplant) seedlings
ThymePlant out (transplant) seedlings