What to Plant in May, Mountain West
High-elevation, dry, big day-night swings · first-pass calendar, under local review
There are 159 crops you can plant in Mountain West in May. Tap any plant for its full calendar, varieties and growing notes.
Fruiting
🌱 Asparagus🫑 Bell Pepper🥒 Bitter Melon🫘 Bush Beans🍈 Cantaloupe🌶️ Chili Pepper🥒 Cucumber🫛 Edamame🍆 Eggplant🫘 Fava Beans🌿 Florence Fennel🌵 Globe Artichoke🫛 Hyacinth Bean (Lablab)🫛 Lima Beans🥒 Luffa (Loofah)🫛 Okra🫛 Peas🌽 Popcorn🎃 Pumpkin🌾 Quinoa🌿 Rhubarb🌺 Scarlet Runner Bean🫛 Snow Peas🌾 Sorghum🫘 Southern Peas🎃 Squash🌽 Sweet Corn🟢 Tomatillo🍅 Tomato🍉 Watermelon🫛 Yardlong Beans🥒 Zucchini
Leafy
🌿 Amaranth🌿 Arugula🥬 Bok Choy🌿 Brazilian Spinach🌿 Celery🌿 Chicory🥬 Collard Greens🥬 Endive & Escarole🌿 Fennel (Herb)🌿 Good King Henry🥬 Kale🥬 Komatsuna🥬 Lettuce🌿 Malabar Spinach🌿 Mibuna🌿 Mizuna🌿 New Zealand Spinach🥬 Radicchio🌿 Sorrel🌿 Spinach🥬 Swiss Chard🥬 Tatsoi🌿 Watercress
Brassica
🥦 Broccoli🥦 Broccolini🥬 Brussels Sprouts🥬 Cabbage🥬 Cauliflower🥬 Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli)🥬 Kohlrabi🥬 Mustard Greens🥬 Napa Cabbage
Root
🥬 Beet🥕 Carrot🥬 Celeriac🌿 Daikon🧅 Green Onion🥕 Hamburg Parsley🌶️ Horseradish🧅 Leek🧅 Onion🥕 Parsnip🥜 Peanuts🥔 Potato🌱 Radish🟡 Rutabaga🥕 Salsify🥕 Scorzonera🧅 Shallot🌻 Sunchoke🍠 Sweet Potato🌿 Turnip
Herb
🌿 Basil🌼 Chamomile🌿 Chives🌿 Cilantro🌿 Dill🌿 Hops💜 Lavender🌿 Lemon Balm🌿 Lemon Verbena🌿 Lovage🌿 Marjoram🌿 Mint🌿 Oregano🌿 Parsley🌿 Rosemary🌿 Sage🌿 Shiso (Perilla)🌿 Stevia🌿 Summer Savory🌿 Tarragon🌿 Thai Basil🌿 Thyme🌿 Vietnamese Mint
Fruit
🍎 Apple🟠 Apricot🫐 Blackberry🫐 Blackcurrant🫐 Blueberry🫐 Boysenberry🟡 Cape Gooseberry🍒 Cherry🫐 Elderberry🫒 Fig🫐 Gooseberry🍇 Grape🌰 Hazelnut🍈 Honeydew Melon🔴 Jujube🥝 Kiwifruit🍐 Medlar🫐 Mulberry🍑 Nectarine🟢 Pawpaw (American)🍑 Peach🍐 Pear🟠 Persimmon🟣 Plum🟡 Quince🫐 Redcurrant🍓 Strawberry🌰 Walnut
Flower
💙 Borage🌼 Calendula🌿 Comfrey🌸 Cornflower🌸 Cosmos🌹 Culinary Rose🌸 Dahlia🌸 Echinacea (Coneflower)🌺 Hibiscus🌼 Marigold🌺 Nasturtium🌸 Snapdragon🌻 Sunflower🤍 Sweet Alyssum🌸 Sweet Pea🌸 Viola & Pansy🌼 Yarrow🌺 Zinnia
Mushroom
Indoors (microgreens and mushrooms)
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