What to plant in June in Finland
10 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in June in Finland, for the climate around Helsinki area, Uusimaa, Finland.
Climate: A cold northern climate with a short growing season: frosts from roughly October to May, winter minima near -18 °C, mild summers around 12-22 °C, and fairly even rainfall with a wetter autumn.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Quick-growing leaves do well in the mild summer, and cool-season varieties resist early bolting.
Harvest: 45-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Carrot Daucus carota
Sandy or loamy soil warms up by late May, and cool autumns sweeten the roots.
Harvest: 70-80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
It tolerates the cool summer well and stores in the cellar through the long winter.
Harvest: 55-65 daysEasyIn pots
Turnip Brassica rapa
Cool autumn weather produces crisp, sweet roots, and the crop matures quickly.
Harvest: 50-60 daysEasy
Cabbage Brassica oleracea
Hardy cabbage handles the cool summers and is best transplanted in late May or June for autumn heads.
Harvest: 90-110 daysModerateCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy plants survive under snow, and the long June days produce sweet berries.
Harvest: 1 yearEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
A hardy perennial that regrows each spring and tolerates the frost.
Harvest: 60-70 days from seedEasyIn potsCare guide →
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Cool summers keep it leafy, and it tolerates light frost into autumn.
Harvest: 70-90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
It grows quickly in the long northern summer days and self-seeds readily.
Harvest: 40-60 daysEasyIn pots
Mint Mentha spicata
A hardy perennial that thrives in moist soil and returns reliably each year.
Harvest: 60-90 days from cuttingsEasyIn potsCare guide →