What Grows Well — Plant guide for Zone 7b

Hot Peppers

Warm-season heat-loving capsicums ranging from mildly piquant to extremely pungent (poblano, jalapeno, serrano, cayenne, habanero, scotch bonnet, ghost).

Now Late but still viable

Honeydew

Warm-season vining cucurbit producing smooth-skinned melons with sweet, pale green flesh.

Now Late but still viable

Amaranth

Warm-season heat-loving annual grown for nutritious grain seeds and edible leafy greens; thrives in summer heat and tolerates drought once established.

Now Late but still viable

Basil

Popular culinary herb with sweet, aromatic leaves.

Now Late but still viable

Bell Pepper

Now Late but still viable

Borage

Self-seeding annual herb with star-shaped blue flowers and cucumber-flavored leaves.

Now Late but still viable

Brussels Sprouts

Cool-season vegetable producing small cabbage-like heads along a tall stalk.

Now Through Mid July

Melon

Warm-season vining curcubit producing sweet aromatic melons (cantaloupe/muskmelon, honeydew, and related).

Now Late but still viable

Sweet Corn

A warm-season grain grown for its sweet, milky kernels harvested fresh.

Now Late but still viable

Cucumber

Warm-season vine producing fresh eating and pickling cucumbers.

Now Late but still viable

Dill

Cool-season annual herb with feathery foliage and yellow umbels, used fresh or dried for culinary flavoring and pickling.

Now Late but still viable

Edamame

Warm-season annual legume grown for edible immature pods (edamame) or mature dry beans.

Now Late but still viable

Globe Artichoke

Mediterranean thistle grown for edible flower buds.

Now Late but still viable

Ground Cherry

Warm-season fruit producing sweet, pineapple-flavored berries in papery husks.

Now Late but still viable

Leek

Cool-season allium with long white shanks and mild, sweet onion flavor.

Now Late but still viable

Lemongrass

Tropical clumping grass with lemon-scented stalks prized in Southeast Asian cooking.

Now Late but still viable

Lima Bean

Heat-loving warm-season legume that out-produces common beans in hot, humid Southern summers.

Now Late but still viable

New Zealand Spinach

Heat and drought tolerant spinach alternative that thrives in warm weather, with a spreading habit producing tender succulent leaves all summer when true spinach has long bolted.

Now Late but still viable

Okra

Warm-season vegetable with edible green pods, used in Southern and global cuisine.

Now Late but still viable

Peanut

Warm-season legume that fixes nitrogen and produces underground pods on long pegs from yellow flowers.

Now Late but still viable

Potato

Cool-season tuber crop grown as an annual for starchy edible underground tubers.

Now Late but still viable

Winter Squash

Large winter squash species including Hubbard, Buttercup, Banana, and many pumpkin types.

Now Late but still viable

Purslane

Succulent edible groundcover with omega-3 rich leaves.

Now Late but still viable

Tomatillo

A warm-season relative of the tomato that produces husked green or purple fruits essential for salsa verde.

Now Late but still viable

Tomato

A warm-season vining fruit that produces heavily once nights stay above 55F and soil reaches 60F.

Now Late but still viable

Watermelon

Large vining summer fruit with red, yellow, or orange flesh.

Now Late but still viable

Butternut Squash

Warm-season tropical squash and the most heat-tolerant of the cucurbits, producing tan-skinned fruit with sweet orange flesh.

Now Late but still viable