In season in August, zone 10

245 food plants hardy in zone 10 can be harvesting in August. These are typical Northern Hemisphere months: warmer gardens run a few weeks early, cooler ones late, and in the Southern Hemisphere shift everything by six months.

Fruit trees (10)

Algarrobo blanco · zones 8–11
Carob · zones 9–11
Chañar · zones 8–10
Fig · zones 7–11
Guabiyú · zones 8–10
Mulberry · zones 5–10
Prickly pear · zones 8–11
Sandpaper fig · zones 9–11
Shikuwasa (Okinawan lime) · zones 9–11
Waterberry (umdoni) · zones 9–11

Berries and small fruit (12)

Andean blueberry (mortiño) · zones 8–10
Andean elderberry (sauco) · zones 9–11
Azores blueberry (uva-da-serra) · zones 9–11
Goldenberry (Cape gooseberry) · zones 8–11
Highland blackberry (mora) · zones 9–11
Karonda · zones 9–12
Madeira blueberry (uveira-da-serra) · zones 9–10
Midyim · zones 9–11
Miracle berry · zones 10–12
Muntries · zones 8–10
Num-num · zones 9–11
Strawberry · zones 3–10

Nut trees (5)

Argan · zones 9–11
Breadnut (Maya nut) · zones 10–12
Bunya pine · zones 9–11
Kukui (candlenut) · zones 10–12
Malabar chestnut (money tree) · zones 10–12

Vines (3)

Maypop · zones 6–10
Muscadine grape · zones 7–10
Table grape · zones 7–10

Tropical and subtropical food plants (58)

African oil palm · zones 10–12
Arabian moringa · zones 10–12
Araçá-boi · zones 10–12
Araticum · zones 10–12
Avocado · zones 9–11
Banana · zones 9–11
Barbados cherry · zones 9–11
Betel leaf (paan) · zones 10–12
Black plum (vitex) · zones 10–12
Black sapote · zones 10–12
Calabash nutmeg (ehuru) · zones 10–12
Cambucá · zones 10–11
Cambuci · zones 9–11
Canistel (eggfruit) · zones 10–12
Cas (sour Costa Rican guava) · zones 10–12
Chiuri (Indian butter tree) · zones 9–11
Cinnamon · zones 10–12
Coconut · zones 10–12
Cubiu (Orinoco apple) · zones 10–12
Davidson's plum · zones 10–11
Doum palm · zones 9–11
Dragon fruit · zones 10–12
Enset (false banana) · zones 9–11
Guava · zones 9–11
Ingá (ingá-banana) · zones 10–12
Jackfruit · zones 10–12
Key lime · zones 10–11
Kola nut · zones 10–12
Lemon (true lemon) · zones 9–11
Long pepper (pippali) · zones 10–12
Longan · zones 10–11
Makrut lime · zones 10–12
Malabar tamarind (kudampuli) · zones 10–12
Mamey apple · zones 10–12
Mango · zones 10–12
Mountain apple (ʻōhiʻa ʻai) · zones 10–12
Nance · zones 10–12
Naranjilla (lulo) · zones 10–11
Natal plum · zones 9–11
Native ginger · zones 10–11
Noni (Tahitian noni) · zones 10–12
Pandanus (screwpine) · zones 10–12
Papaya · zones 10–12
Passion fruit · zones 9–11
Pepino dulce · zones 9–11
Pequi · zones 10–12
Pineapple · zones 10–12
Plantain (cooking banana) · zones 9–12
Safou (African pear) · zones 10–12
Sapodilla · zones 10–12
Shea tree · zones 10–12
Starfruit · zones 9–11
Sugar apple · zones 10–12
Sweet granadilla · zones 10–11
Sweet passion fruit (maracujá-doce) · zones 10–11
Sycamore fig · zones 10–12
Umbu · zones 10–12
White sapote · zones 9–11

Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (59)

Achiote (annatto) · zones 10–12
Aibika (island cabbage) · zones 10–12
Anise myrtle · zones 9–11
Ashitaba · zones 8–10
Bay laurel · zones 8–11
Bitter leaf · zones 10–12
Boldo · zones 9–10
Brahmi (water hyssop) · zones 9–12
Buchu · zones 9–11
Caper · zones 8–11
Cassava · zones 10–12
Chaya (tree spinach) · zones 9–11
Cretan dittany (diktamo) · zones 7–10
Culantro · zones 9–12
Curry leaf · zones 10–12
Dune spinach · zones 9–11
Fluted pumpkin (ugu) · zones 10–12
Galangal · zones 9–12
Gesho · zones 9–11
Gotu kola · zones 8–12
Grains of paradise (alligator pepper) · zones 10–12
Hoja santa · zones 9–11
Horopito (pepper tree) · zones 8–11
Izote (spineless yucca) · zones 9–11
Katuk · zones 10–12
Kawakawa · zones 9–11
Kitchen herbs (thyme, sage, rosemary) · zones 5–10
Lemon myrtle · zones 9–11
Lemon verbena · zones 8–11
Lemongrass · zones 10–12
Mediterranean saltbush · zones 8–11
Mexican oregano · zones 9–11
Moringa · zones 9–11
Myoga ginger · zones 7–10
Papyrus · zones 9–11
Pericón (Mexican tarragon) · zones 8–11
Pūhā (native sow thistle) · zones 8–11
River mint · zones 7–11
Rock samphire · zones 7–11
Rose geranium · zones 9–11
Rosemary · zones 7–10
Sea celery (tūtae kōau) · zones 8–11
Society garlic · zones 7–11
Spekboom · zones 9–11
Sumac (Sicilian or tanner's sumac) · zones 8–10
Tacaco · zones 10–12
Tejpat (Indian bay leaf) · zones 9–11
Ti (kī) · zones 10–12
Tiger nut (chufa) · zones 5–11
Tree collards · zones 8–10
Tulsi (holy basil) · zones 9–12
Uziza (West African pepper) · zones 10–12
Warrigal greens · zones 8–11
Wasabi · zones 8–10
Waterblommetjie (Cape pondweed) · zones 7–11
White yam (Guinea yam) · zones 9–12
Wild rosemary (kapokbos) · zones 8–10
Yam (uhi) · zones 9–12
Yerba mate · zones 9–11

Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (68)

Adzuki bean · zones 4–10
African nightshade (mnavu) · zones 6–12
African rice · zones 8–12
African spider plant · zones 6–12
Ajwain (carom) · zones 5–11
Amaranth (grain and greens) · zones 2–11
Arugula · zones 2–11
Basil · zones 2–11
Beet · zones 2–11
Bitter gourd (karela) · zones 8–12
Bok choy · zones 2–11
Bottle gourd (lauki) · zones 6–12
Broccoli · zones 2–11
Bush bean · zones 2–11
Cabbage · zones 2–11
Calendula · zones 2–11
Carrot · zones 2–11
Cauliflower · zones 2–11
Cilantro · zones 2–11
Collard greens · zones 2–11
Cucumber · zones 2–11
Dill · zones 2–11
Eggplant · zones 2–11
Egusi melon · zones 8–12
Epazote (paico) · zones 6–11
Everglades tomato · zones 9–11
Fenugreek (methi) · zones 4–11
Fonio · zones 9–12
Foxtail millet · zones 3–11
Garden egg (African eggplant) · zones 9–12
Hot pepper · zones 2–11
Huauzontle · zones 3–11
Kale · zones 2–11
Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) · zones 3–10
Lentil · zones 4–10
Lettuce · zones 2–11
Lima bean (butter bean) · zones 5–12
Melon (cantaloupe) · zones 3–11
Molokhia (jute mallow) · zones 6–12
Mung bean (moong) · zones 6–12
Mustard · zones 2–11
Nasturtium · zones 2–11
Oats · zones 2–10
Okra · zones 2–11
Onion · zones 2–11
Parsley · zones 2–11
Pole bean · zones 2–11
Potato · zones 2–11
Radish · zones 2–11
Rice · zones 6–12
Ridge gourd (turai) · zones 8–12
Scarlet runner bean · zones 4–11
Scotch bonnet pepper · zones 10–12
Southern pea (cowpea) · zones 5–11
Soybean · zones 3–11
Summer savory (kondari) · zones 2–11
Sweet corn · zones 3–11
Sweet pepper · zones 2–11
Swiss chard · zones 2–11
Teff · zones 8–11
Tepary bean · zones 8–11
Tomatillo · zones 2–11
Tomato · zones 2–11
Turnip · zones 2–11
Watermelon · zones 3–11
Winged bean · zones 9–12
Yardlong bean · zones 5–12
Zucchini (summer squash) · zones 2–11

Native and wild plants (28)

Aguacatillo (wild avocado) · zones 9–11
Apple berry · zones 9–11
Azores laurel (louro) · zones 9–11
Blue elderberry · zones 5–10
California blackberry · zones 6–10
California wild grape · zones 7–10
Canary Island date palm · zones 9–11
Cattail · zones 3–10
Cleveland sage · zones 8–10
Cocoplum · zones 10–11
Common sunflower · zones 2–11
Desert hackberry · zones 8–10
ʻŌhelo berry · zones 10–12
Jojoba · zones 9–11
Kurrajong · zones 8–11
Maguey (pulque agave) · zones 8–11
Māmaki · zones 10–12
Mānuka · zones 7–11
Mocán · zones 10–11
Pond apple · zones 10–12
Screwbean mesquite · zones 7–10
Sea grape · zones 10–11
Simpson's stopper · zones 9–11
Texas persimmon · zones 7–10
Tī kōuka (cabbage tree) · zones 8–11
Wild date palm (khejur) · zones 9–12
Yaupon holly · zones 7–10
Yerba buena · zones 7–10

Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (2)

Borage · zones 3–10
Wattleseed (prickly wattle) · zones 9–11

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General guidance, not professional advice. Conditions vary by yard and year; for local specifics ask your county extension office. Never eat a wild plant you cannot identify with certainty. Traditional uses are shared as history, not medical advice. © 2026 Sean Priest · Irie Orchard. Terms & credits · Privacy · Home