What can I plant in May in Virginia?
May is recommended planting time for warmer weather vegetables including bush and pole beans, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, okra, peppers, tomatoes, white and sweet potatoes, pumpkins, squash and sweet corn. Warm-season crops can be set out and planted as the ground warms around mid-May: edamame, eggplant, okra, pepper, sweet corn, sweet potato, and tomato.
What plants can go outside in May?
May at a Glance Sow – lavender, cosmos, bishop’s flower, annual meadow mixtures, squashes, sweetcorn, radishes; all the autumn and winter-picking brassicas; French, runner and broad beans, lettuce, parsley, Florence fennel – almost anything in fact! Plant – container-grown shrubs, roses, perennials and climbers. Plants for Sun From knockout roses and vibrant coneflowers to gorgeous grasses and fragrant lavender, this collection of plants thrives in full-sun or part-sun environments.