Plant varieties for sowing and planting are fairly similar for both June and July in most climate zones. Some areas are finding conditions colder than usual for this time of year, and vegetable growing will have to be adjusted to suit local conditions. Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers perform best in areas with cold winters and the cooler conditions may help cropping in marginal areas. Peas and broad beans should be sown at a time that will avoid frost damaging the flowers (see Broad beans and peas). Sowing times are more flexible when sowing peas or broad beans as a green manure because these crops are cut down as soon as the plants start to flower.
The following planting guide is an abbreviated list for vegetables, fruit trees and some culinary herbs that can be planted in June or July in Australia and New Zealand. A comprehensive monthly guide that includes planting times for the entire garden, as well as when to fertilise, prune, weed, take cuttings or divide plants, can be found in my book Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting.

WARM CLIMATE – South of Rockhampton
Before the Full Moon, cabbage and grains can be sown direct, and suitable lettuce and spring onions can be sown or planted out in June or July. A green manure crop of barley, chick pea, red clover, broad bean (faba bean), field pea, or triticale can be sown in June, and red clover can be sown in July. English spinach, peas and radicchio can be sown in the last week of June. Silver beet and tomato can be sown in a cold frame in July.
During Full Moon phase, radish can be sown direct, and asparagus and rhubarb crowns, fig, pecan and pistachio can be planted in June and July. In June, kiwifruit vines can be planted out, and Jerusalem artichoke tubers can be sown in July. Beetroot can be sown in a cold frame in July. Seed potatoes can be sown north of Brisbane in June, and from Brisbane southwards in July.

WARM CLIMATE – Rockhampton northwards
Before the Full Moon, bush and climbing beans, cabbage, open Chinese cabbage, chamomile, coriander, grains, lettuce, mizuna, rocket, silver beet, sweet corn and tatsoi can be sown direct, and pumpkin, spring onion, summer squash, tomato, watermelon and zucchini can be sown or planted out in June or July.
A green manure crop of barley, lablab, or triticale can be sown in June, and lablab or corn as a green manure in July if irrigation is available. Capsicum and eggplant can be sown in a cold frame in the first week of July.
During Full Moon phase, beetroot, radish, turnip, fig, pistachio can be planted in June and July. Avocado and banana can be planted in July.

TEMPERATE CLIMATE
Before the Full Moon, English spinach can be sown in June in all areas, and also in July in frost areas. In frost-free areas, lettuce and spring onions can also be sown during June and July. A green manure crop of broad bean (faba bean) or field pea can be sown in June and July. In suitable areas, broad beans and peas can be sown during the last week of June and the first week in July – choose dwarf broad beans for July planting.
During Full Moon phase, garlic, mid season onion, radish, asparagus and rhubarb crowns, fig and pistachio can be planted during June and July. Kiwifruit vines can be planted in June, and Jerusalem artichokes tubers and seed potatoes sown in July.

COOL CLIMATE
Planting is extremely limited during June and July. Before the Full Moon, English spinach can be sown, as well as a green manure crop of broad bean (faba bean) or field pea. Broad beans and peas grown as a vegetable can be sown during First Quarter phase (see post on when to sow Broad beans and peas for your local climate).
During Full Moon phase, mid and late season onions can be sown in June, and late season onions can be sown in July.
Asparagus and rhubarb crowns can be planted in June, also deciduous fruit trees and vines where frosts are not severe, and herbaceous perennial crowns can be planted in July. In cold areas that receive winter rain, it is better to delay sowing seed potatoes until August.