In season in August, zone 7

150 food plants hardy in zone 7 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 (18)

Apple · zones 3–8
Asian pear · zones 5–9
Black mulberry · zones 6–9
Cherry plum (myrobalan) · zones 4–9
Cornelian cherry · zones 4–8
Damson · zones 5–8
European pear · zones 4–8
Fig · zones 7–11
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 (17)

Aronia · zones 3–8
Bilberry · zones 3–7
Blackberry · zones 5–9
Caucasian whortleberry · zones 6–9
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
Magellan currant (parrilla) · zones 6–8
Rabbiteye blueberry · zones 7–9
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 (3)

Almond · zones 7–9
Hazelnut · zones 4–8
Yellowhorn · zones 4–8

Vines (4)

Cold-hardy grape · zones 4–8
Maypop · zones 6–10
Muscadine grape · zones 7–10
Table grape · zones 7–10

Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (20)

Caraway · zones 3–8
Chives · zones 3–9
Cretan dittany (diktamo) · zones 7–10
Culinary sage · zones 5–9
French tarragon · zones 4–8
Hops · zones 3–8
Japanese pepper (sansho) · zones 6–9
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
Myoga ginger · zones 7–10
Oregano · zones 4–9
Rock samphire · zones 7–11
Rosemary · zones 7–10
Tea · zones 7–9
Thyme · zones 5–9
Walking onion · zones 3–9
Waterblommetjie (Cape pondweed) · zones 7–11

Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (57)

Adzuki bean · zones 4–10
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
Blue fenugreek (utskho suneli) · zones 4–9
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
Epazote (paico) · zones 6–11
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
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
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
California blackberry · zones 6–10
California wild grape · zones 7–10
Cattail · zones 3–10
Chokecherry · zones 2–7
Common sunflower · zones 2–11
Evergreen huckleberry · zones 7–9
Honey mesquite · zones 6–9
Mountain huckleberry · zones 4–8
Mountain mint · zones 3–8
Nodding onion · zones 3–9
Oregon grape · zones 5–9
Rowan · zones 2–7
Salal · zones 6–8
Screwbean mesquite · zones 7–10
Silver buffaloberry · zones 2–7
Smooth sumac · zones 2–9
Staghorn sumac · zones 3–8
Texas persimmon · zones 7–10
Thimbleberry · zones 3–8
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