In season in September, zone 4
121 food plants hardy in zone 4 can be harvesting in September. 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 (9)
- American persimmon · zones 4–9
- Apple · zones 3–8
- Caucasian pear · zones 4–8
- Cornelian cherry · zones 4–8
- European pear · zones 4–8
- Plum · zones 4–9
- Siberian crabapple · zones 2–7
- Ussurian pear · zones 2–7
- Wild apple of Kazakhstan · zones 3–7
Berries and small fruit (9)
- Aronia · zones 3–8
- Cranberry · zones 2–7
- Dog rose · zones 4–8
- Elderberry · zones 3–9
- European elder · zones 4–8
- Lingonberry · zones 2–7
- Raspberry · zones 3–8
- Sea buckthorn · zones 3–7
- Strawberry · zones 3–10
Nut trees (7)
- Black walnut · zones 4–9
- Chestnut · zones 4–8
- Hazelnut · zones 4–8
- Heartnut · zones 4–8
- Korean pine (pine nut) · zones 3–7
- Siberian pine (kedr) · zones 2–6
- Yellowhorn · zones 4–8
Vines (3)
- Cold-hardy grape · zones 4–8
- Hardy kiwi · zones 4–8
- Schisandra · zones 4–7
Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (9)
- Chives · zones 3–9
- French tarragon · zones 4–8
- Hops · zones 3–8
- Jimbu · zones 4–8
- Lemon balm · zones 4–9
- Mint · zones 3–9
- Mitsuba (Japanese parsley) · zones 4–9
- Oregano · zones 4–9
- Walking onion · zones 3–9
Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (46)
- Adzuki bean · zones 4–10
- Amaranth (grain and greens) · zones 2–11
- Arugula · zones 2–11
- Basil · zones 2–11
- Beet · zones 2–11
- Bok choy · zones 2–11
- 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
- Celeriac · zones 3–9
- Cilantro · zones 2–11
- Collard greens · zones 2–11
- Dill · zones 2–11
- Eggplant · zones 2–11
- Flint and flour corn (maize) · zones 3–11
- Hot pepper · zones 2–11
- Huauzontle · zones 3–11
- Kale · zones 2–11
- Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) · zones 3–10
- Leek · zones 2–11
- Lettuce · zones 2–11
- Melon (cantaloupe) · zones 3–11
- Napa cabbage · zones 4–9
- Nasturtium · zones 2–11
- Okra · zones 2–11
- Parsley · zones 2–11
- Pole bean · zones 2–11
- Potato · zones 2–11
- Quinoa · zones 4–11
- Radish · zones 2–11
- Scarlet runner bean · zones 4–11
- Sorghum · zones 3–11
- Summer savory (kondari) · zones 2–11
- Sweet corn · zones 3–11
- Sweet pepper · zones 2–11
- Swiss chard · zones 2–11
- Tartary buckwheat (phapar) · zones 2–9
- Tomatillo · zones 2–11
- Tomato · zones 2–11
- Turnip · zones 2–11
- Watermelon · zones 3–11
- Winter squash and pumpkin · zones 2–11
- Zucchini (summer squash) · zones 2–11
Native and wild plants (37)
- American cranberrybush · zones 2–7
- American ginseng · zones 3–8
- American hazelnut · zones 4–9
- American plum · zones 3–8
- Anise hyssop · zones 3–8
- Beach plum · zones 3–7
- Beaked hazelnut · zones 4–8
- Black cherry · zones 3–9
- Butternut · zones 3–7
- Carolina rose · zones 4–9
- Cattail · zones 3–10
- Common hawthorn · zones 4–8
- Common juniper · zones 2–7
- Common sunflower · zones 2–11
- Crowberry · zones 1–6
- European beech · zones 4–7
- European crab apple · zones 4–8
- Goosefoot (pitseed) · zones 3–10
- Hackberry · zones 2–9
- Highbush cranberry (squashberry) · zones 2–6
- Mountain huckleberry · zones 4–8
- Nannyberry · zones 2–8
- Nootka rose · zones 3–8
- Pinyon pine · zones 4–8
- Prickly wild rose · zones 1–6
- Riverbank grape · zones 2–8
- Rowan · zones 2–7
- Shagbark hickory · zones 4–8
- Silver buffaloberry · zones 2–7
- Smooth sumac · zones 2–9
- Spicebush · zones 4–9
- Staghorn sumac · zones 3–8
- Sumpweed (marsh elder) · zones 4–9
- Sweet crabapple · zones 4–8
- Wapato (arrowhead) · zones 3–10
- Wild rice (manoomin) · zones 3–8
- Wintergreen · zones 3–8
Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (1)
- Borage · zones 3–10
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