In season in February, zone 11

145 food plants hardy in zone 11 can be harvesting in February. 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 (2)

Ber (Indian jujube) · zones 9–12
Desert date · zones 9–12

Berries and small fruit (6)

Andean elderberry (sauco) · zones 9–11
Highland blackberry (mora) · zones 9–11
Kōtukutuku (tree fuchsia) · zones 8–11
Lilly pilly · zones 9–11
Miracle berry · zones 10–12
Num-num · zones 9–11

Nut trees (8)

Baru · zones 10–12
Brazil nut · zones 11–12
Breadnut (Maya nut) · zones 10–12
Cashew · zones 10–12
Kukui (candlenut) · zones 10–12
Macadamia · zones 10–11
Malabar chestnut (money tree) · zones 10–12
Tahitian chestnut (mape, ivi) · zones 11–12

Tropical and subtropical food plants (64)

Abiu · zones 11–12
Ackee · zones 10–12
African oil bean (ugba) · zones 11–12
African oil palm · zones 10–12
Aguaje (moriche palm) · zones 11–12
Ambarella (vī) · zones 10–12
Amla (Indian gooseberry) · zones 10–12
Arabian moringa · zones 10–12
Araçá-boi · zones 10–12
Banana · zones 9–11
Baobab · zones 10–12
Betel leaf (paan) · zones 10–12
Black pepper · zones 11–12
Black sapote · zones 10–12
Butiá (jelly palm) · zones 8–11
Cacao · zones 11–12
Calabash nutmeg (ehuru) · zones 10–12
Camu camu · zones 10–12
Capulín (highland cherry) · zones 8–11
Cherimoya · zones 10–11
Cinnamon · zones 10–12
Coconut · zones 10–12
Coffee · zones 10–11
Cold-hardy avocado ('Bacon', 'Mexicola') · zones 9–11
Cubiu (Orinoco apple) · zones 10–12
Cupuaçu · zones 11–12
Doum palm · zones 9–11
Enset (false banana) · zones 9–11
Grapefruit · zones 9–11
Jocote · zones 10–12
Juçara palm · zones 10–11
Kola nut · zones 10–12
Kumquat · zones 8–11
Lemon (true lemon) · zones 9–11
Long pepper (pippali) · zones 10–12
Lúcuma · zones 10–12
Makrut lime · zones 10–12
Marula · zones 10–12
Meyer lemon · zones 9–11
Naranjilla (lulo) · zones 10–11
Natal plum · zones 9–11
Native ginger · zones 10–11
Nipa palm (golpata) · zones 11–12
Noni (Tahitian noni) · zones 10–12
Nutmeg · zones 11–12
Orange · zones 9–11
Oyster nut · zones 10–12
Pandanus (screwpine) · zones 10–12
Papaya · zones 10–12
Peach palm (pupunha) · zones 11–12
Plantain (cooking banana) · zones 9–12
Pomelo · zones 9–11
Prekese (aidan fruit) · zones 11–12
Robusta coffee · zones 11–12
Sago palm · zones 11–12
Shea tree · zones 10–12
Starfruit · zones 9–11
Stinking toe (West Indian locust) · zones 10–12
Sweet granadilla · zones 10–11
Sycamore fig · zones 10–12
Tamarind · zones 10–12
Tree tomato (tamarillo) · zones 10–11
Velvet tamarind (yoyi) · zones 10–12
Wild custard apple · zones 10–12

Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (45)

Aibika (island cabbage) · zones 10–12
Anise myrtle · zones 9–11
Bay laurel · zones 8–11
Bitter leaf · zones 10–12
Brahmi (water hyssop) · zones 9–12
Buchu · zones 9–11
Cassava · zones 10–12
Chaya (tree spinach) · zones 9–11
Culantro · zones 9–12
Curry leaf · zones 10–12
Drumstick (moringa, for pods) · zones 9–12
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
Katuk · zones 10–12
Kava (ʻawa) · zones 11–12
Kawakawa · zones 9–11
Lemon myrtle · zones 9–11
Lemongrass · zones 10–12
Mediterranean saltbush · zones 8–11
Mexican oregano · zones 9–11
Moringa · zones 9–11
Okazi (eru) · zones 11–12
Papyrus · zones 9–11
Pūhā (native sow thistle) · zones 8–11
River mint · zones 7–11
Rooibos · zones 9–11
Rose geranium · zones 9–11
Sea celery (tūtae kōau) · zones 8–11
Society garlic · zones 7–11
Spekboom · zones 9–11
Tejpat (Indian bay leaf) · zones 9–11
Ti (kī) · zones 10–12
Tiger nut (chufa) · zones 5–11
Tulip (gnetum) · zones 11–12
Tulsi (holy basil) · zones 9–12
Uziza (West African pepper) · zones 10–12
White yam (Guinea yam) · zones 9–12
Yam (uhi) · zones 9–12
Yerba mate · zones 9–11

Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (7)

African nightshade (mnavu) · zones 6–12
African rice · zones 8–12
Everglades tomato · zones 9–11
Fenugreek (methi) · zones 4–11
Fonio · zones 9–12
Foxtail millet · zones 3–11
Rice · zones 6–12

Native and wild plants (12)

Aguacatillo (wild avocado) · zones 9–11
Azores laurel (louro) · zones 9–11
Canary Island date palm · zones 9–11
Forest grape (Cape grape) · zones 9–11
Jatobá-do-cerrado · zones 10–12
Kiekie · zones 9–11
Maguey (pulque agave) · zones 8–11
Māmaki · zones 10–12
Mānuka · zones 7–11
Real yellowwood · zones 9–11
Tī kōuka (cabbage tree) · zones 8–11
Wild date palm (khejur) · zones 9–12

Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (1)

Pigeon pea · zones 9–12

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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