What to Plant in June in Australia

Australian note: this page follows southern-hemisphere seasons, so June is in winter. The lists below are grouped by five climate zones: temperate, subtropical, tropical, arid and cool. The Australian Vegetable Garden Planner uses the same five zones. For every crop across the year, see the Australian vegetable planting calendar.

Australia's planting calendar is at its widest split this month. A gardener in Canberra is planning under frost while a gardener in Darwin is sowing tomatoes in warm, dry sunshine.

What to plant in June, by climate

Australia spans five growing climates, so one list cannot fit all of them. Find yours below, then read the notes for that climate. June falls in Australian winter.

Crop lists show what both Gardenate and Deep Green Permaculture list for that climate. The two share a common lineage, so we treat them as one view and use ABC Organic Gardener's monthly column as the independent check. "Start under cover" marks heat-lovers those lists include that ABC advises keeping out of cold soil.

Where three sources agree in June

These 7 crops are given for June by all three of the Perth (WA Waste Authority), Adelaide (Green Adelaide) and Melbourne (City of Darebin) guides. They are temperate-zone city sources, not a statewide rule, so treat them as a cross-check and not a promise for Sydney, Canberra, Hobart or anywhere in the tropics or arid inland. Most are crops these guides list for many months of the year, so the shorter list does not mean nothing else can be sown.

Temperate and cool gardens in June

• Sow spinach, lamb's lettuce and miner's lettuce, which all cope with cold.
• Onion and leek seed sown now is slow to germinate but will grow through winter and be ready in early summer.
• June is the latest month to plant garlic and shallots.

Subtropical gardens in June

• Brisbane is fine and mild, with frost in some areas.
• Most cool-season vegetables still suit: see the climate table for your list.

Tropical gardens in June

• The best time of the year for planting, and almost anything edible can go in.
• Plant cabbage, kale, broccoli, lettuce, rocket, pak choy, basil, radish, turnip, carrot and parsnip, plus pumpkin, zucchini, melons, cucumber, tomato, capsicum, chilli, eggplant, beans and corn.
• Bulbing onions struggle because day length barely changes.

Arid and inland gardens in June

• Frost-prone inland gardens share the short southern list.
• Put up windbreaks: cold winds dry young plants quickly.

Garden jobs for June

• Plant and prune deciduous trees as they go dormant.
• Start winter pruning of deciduous fruit trees and grape vines.
• Shelter young evergreen trees from cold, drying winds.

Plan June on paper

Draw your beds in the free Vegetable Garden Layout Planner Tool, then keep the season together in the Australian Vegetable Garden Planner, which has a sowing chart for every climate. See every crop across the year in the Australian planting calendar, or read the growing guides.

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Questions about June

Common questions

Sources

• ABC Organic Gardener: What to plant in June
• Deep Green Permaculture: Australian gardening calendars
• Gardenate: Australia planting by zone, June
• ABC Gardening Australia: Top tomato tips

How we checked this

The table above uses three Tier 1 (government) sources for the temperate zone. We read the Perth and Adelaide guides on 4 November 2026 and checked the Melbourne guide on 3 November 2026.

• Green Adelaide, South Australian Government (Tier 1): what to plant when, the month lists and the plant-any-time list for Adelaide.
• Waste Authority of Western Australia (Tier 1): Edible School Garden Guide, the planting and harvest guide for Perth.
• City of Darebin, Victoria (Tier 1): Sow what when guide for Melbourne.

Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, Cairns and Alice Springs lists have not been checked against a Tier 1 month table. The crop lists in the climate cards above come from the sources named in the Sources list and have not been changed by this check.

Added 4 November 2026: a Common questions section for June. They use only the two state-government guides above (Green Adelaide and the Waste Authority of Western Australia), and only where both lists were read. We show where the two guides differ and who says what. We did not add an answer for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Canberra or Darwin because no state-government month table was reached for those places.

Last reviewed: 31 October 2026