In season in August, zone 5
131 food plants hardy in zone 5 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 (16)
- Apple · zones 3–8
- Asian pear · zones 5–9
- Cherry plum (myrobalan) · zones 4–9
- Cornelian cherry · zones 4–8
- Damson · zones 5–8
- European pear · zones 4–8
- Kousa dogwood · zones 5–8
- Manchurian apricot · zones 3–7
- Mulberry · zones 5–10
- Nectarine · zones 5–8
- Pawpaw · zones 5–8
- Peach · zones 5–8
- Plum · zones 4–9
- Siberian apricot · zones 2–7
- Siberian crabapple · zones 2–7
- Wild apple of Kazakhstan · zones 3–7
Berries and small fruit (16)
- Arctic bramble · zones 1–5
- Aronia · zones 3–8
- Bilberry · zones 3–7
- Blackberry · zones 5–9
- Bog bilberry · zones 1–5
- Elderberry · zones 3–9
- European elder · zones 4–8
- Goji · zones 5–9
- Golden currant (clove currant) · zones 2–8
- Highbush blueberry · zones 4–7
- Lingonberry · zones 2–7
- Raspberry · zones 3–8
- Sea buckthorn · zones 3–7
- Steppe cherry (Mongolian cherry) · zones 2–7
- Strawberry · zones 3–10
- Woodland strawberry · zones 3–8
Nut trees (2)
- Hazelnut · zones 4–8
- Yellowhorn · zones 4–8
Vines (1)
- Cold-hardy grape · zones 4–8
Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (13)
- Caraway · zones 3–8
- Chives · zones 3–9
- Culinary sage · zones 5–9
- French tarragon · zones 4–8
- Hops · zones 3–8
- Jimbu · zones 4–8
- Kitchen herbs (thyme, sage, rosemary) · zones 5–10
- Lemon balm · zones 4–9
- Mint · zones 3–9
- Mitsuba (Japanese parsley) · zones 4–9
- Oregano · zones 4–9
- Thyme · zones 5–9
- Walking onion · zones 3–9
Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (52)
- Adzuki bean · zones 4–10
- Ajwain (carom) · zones 5–11
- Amaranth (grain and greens) · zones 2–11
- Arugula · zones 2–11
- Basil · zones 2–11
- Beet · zones 2–11
- Blue fenugreek (utskho suneli) · zones 4–9
- 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
- Cilantro · zones 2–11
- Collard greens · zones 2–11
- Cucumber · zones 2–11
- Dill · zones 2–11
- Eggplant · zones 2–11
- German chamomile · zones 2–9
- Hot pepper · zones 2–11
- Huauzontle · zones 3–11
- Kale · zones 2–11
- Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) · zones 3–10
- Lettuce · zones 2–11
- Lima bean (butter bean) · zones 5–12
- Maca · zones 3–8
- Melon (cantaloupe) · zones 3–11
- 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
- Rye · zones 3–9
- Scarlet runner bean · zones 4–11
- 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
- Tartary buckwheat (phapar) · zones 2–9
- Tomatillo · zones 2–11
- Tomato · zones 2–11
- Turnip · zones 2–11
- Watermelon · zones 3–11
- Yardlong bean · zones 5–12
- Zucchini (summer squash) · zones 2–11
Native and wild plants (30)
- American hazelnut · zones 4–9
- American plum · zones 3–8
- Anise hyssop · zones 3–8
- Banana yucca · zones 5–9
- Beach plum · zones 3–7
- Beaked hazelnut · zones 4–8
- Black cherry · zones 3–9
- Black huckleberry · zones 3–7
- Blue elderberry · zones 5–10
- Cattail · zones 3–10
- Chokecherry · zones 2–7
- Common sunflower · zones 2–11
- Crowberry · zones 1–6
- Dwarf fireweed (paunnat, river beauty) · zones 1–6
- Highbush cranberry (squashberry) · zones 2–6
- Labrador tea · zones 1–5
- Lowbush blueberry · zones 2–6
- Mountain huckleberry · zones 4–8
- Mountain mint · zones 3–8
- Mountain sorrel (qunguliq) · zones 1–6
- Nodding onion · zones 3–9
- Oregon grape · zones 5–9
- Rowan · zones 2–7
- Silver buffaloberry · zones 2–7
- Smooth sumac · zones 2–9
- Staghorn sumac · zones 3–8
- Thimbleberry · zones 3–8
- Western sand cherry · zones 3–6
- Wild bergamot · zones 3–9
- Wild rice (manoomin) · zones 3–8
Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (1)
- Borage · zones 3–10
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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