In season in October, zone 5
95 food plants hardy in zone 5 can be harvesting in October. 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 (7)
- American persimmon · zones 4–9
- Apple · zones 3–8
- Caucasian pear · zones 4–8
- Medlar · zones 5–8
- Quince · zones 5–9
- Service tree · zones 5–8
- Wild apple of Kazakhstan · zones 3–7
Berries and small fruit (4)
- Cranberry · zones 2–7
- Dog rose · zones 4–8
- Goji · zones 5–9
- Sloe (blackthorn) · zones 4–8
Nut trees (8)
- Black walnut · zones 4–9
- Chestnut · zones 4–8
- English walnut · zones 5–9
- Ginkgo (female, for nuts) · zones 4–9
- Heartnut · zones 4–8
- Japanese chestnut · zones 5–9
- Korean pine (pine nut) · zones 3–7
- Siberian pine (kedr) · zones 2–6
Vines (2)
- Cold-hardy grape · zones 4–8
- Hardy kiwi · zones 4–8
Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (15)
- Astragalus (huang qi) · zones 5–9
- Chives · zones 3–9
- Crosnes (Chinese artichoke) · zones 5–9
- Culinary sage · zones 5–9
- Horseradish · zones 3–9
- Kitchen herbs (thyme, sage, rosemary) · zones 5–10
- Lotus (root and seeds) · zones 5–11
- Marshmallow · zones 3–9
- Mint · zones 3–9
- Mitsuba (Japanese parsley) · zones 4–9
- Oregano · zones 4–9
- Skirret · zones 5–9
- Sunchoke · zones 3–9
- Thyme · zones 5–9
- Walking onion · zones 3–9
Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (32)
- Arugula · zones 2–11
- Beet · zones 2–11
- Bok choy · zones 2–11
- Broccoli · 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
- Flint and flour corn (maize) · zones 3–11
- Kale · zones 2–11
- Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) · zones 3–10
- Leek · zones 2–11
- Lettuce · zones 2–11
- Lima bean (butter bean) · zones 5–12
- Napa cabbage · zones 4–9
- Nasturtium · zones 2–11
- Parsley · zones 2–11
- Parsnip · zones 2–9
- Quinoa · zones 4–11
- Radish · zones 2–11
- Rutabaga (swede) · zones 3–9
- Salsify · zones 4–9
- Scarlet runner bean · zones 4–11
- Sorghum · zones 3–11
- Sweet potato · zones 5–11
- Swiss chard · zones 2–11
- Tartary buckwheat (phapar) · zones 2–9
- Turnip · zones 2–11
- Winter squash and pumpkin · zones 2–11
Native and wild plants (26)
- Allegheny chinquapin · zones 5–9
- American cranberrybush · zones 2–7
- Butternut · zones 3–7
- Carolina rose · zones 4–9
- Cattail · zones 3–10
- Common hawthorn · zones 4–8
- Common juniper · zones 2–7
- European beech · zones 4–7
- European crab apple · zones 4–8
- Goosefoot (pitseed) · zones 3–10
- Groundnut (hopniss) · zones 3–10
- Hackberry · zones 2–9
- Nannyberry · zones 2–8
- Nootka rose · zones 3–8
- Oriental beech · zones 5–8
- Pinyon pine · zones 4–8
- Possumhaw viburnum · zones 5–9
- Prickly wild rose · zones 1–6
- Riverbank grape · zones 2–8
- Rowan · zones 2–7
- Shagbark hickory · zones 4–8
- Spicebush · zones 4–9
- Sumpweed (marsh elder) · zones 4–9
- Sweet crabapple · zones 4–8
- Wapato (arrowhead) · zones 3–10
- Wintergreen · zones 3–8
Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (1)
- Daikon (tillage radish) · zones 2–11
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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