What to Plant in July

One or two plants is plenty unless you really love zucchini bread.

Quick enough for a second sowing in midsummer for a fall picking.

Direct sow. They put down a taproot and resent being moved.

Direct sowing usually catches up to transplants. They hate root disturbance.

One cold night will blacken it. Wait for settled warm weather.

Self-seeds happily once you have it, and the bees find it fast.

Easy from seed and quick to bloom.

Poor soil gives you more flowers and fewer leaves.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

A second sowing now gives you a fall harvest.

Direct sow. Swallowtail caterpillars will find it, and that is a good thing.