In season in October, zone 7
134 food plants hardy in zone 7 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 (13)
- American persimmon · zones 4–9
- Apple · zones 3–8
- Asian persimmon · zones 7–10
- Caucasian pear · zones 4–8
- Che (Chinese mulberry) · zones 6–9
- Date-plum (Caucasian persimmon) · zones 6–9
- Jujube · zones 6–10
- Medlar · zones 5–8
- Mehal (Himalayan wild pear) · zones 6–9
- Pomegranate · zones 7–11
- Quince · zones 5–9
- Service tree · zones 5–8
- Wild apple of Kazakhstan · zones 3–7
Berries and small fruit (6)
- Chaura (prickly heath) · zones 6–9
- Cranberry · zones 2–7
- Dog rose · zones 4–8
- Goji · zones 5–9
- Sloe (blackthorn) · zones 4–8
- Strawberry tree · zones 7–10
Nut trees (11)
- Black walnut · zones 4–9
- Chestnut · zones 4–8
- Chilgoza pine · zones 6–9
- English walnut · zones 5–9
- Ginkgo (female, for nuts) · zones 4–9
- Heartnut · zones 4–8
- Himalayan hazel · zones 6–9
- Japanese chestnut · zones 5–9
- Korean pine (pine nut) · zones 3–7
- Pecan · zones 6–9
- Pistachio · zones 7–10
Vines (7)
- Cold-hardy grape · zones 4–8
- Fuzzy kiwi · zones 7–9
- Hardy kiwi · zones 4–8
- Maypop · zones 6–10
- Muscadine grape · zones 7–10
- Table grape · zones 7–10
- Wine grape · zones 6–9
Tropical and subtropical food plants (1)
- Yuzu · zones 7–10
Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (21)
- 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
- Licorice · zones 6–9
- Lotus (root and seeds) · zones 5–11
- Marshmallow · zones 3–9
- Mint · zones 3–9
- Mitsuba (Japanese parsley) · zones 4–9
- Mountain pepper (pepperberry) · zones 7–10
- Oregano · zones 4–9
- Rosemary · zones 7–10
- Saffron crocus · zones 6–9
- Sichuan pepper · zones 6–9
- Skirret · zones 5–9
- Sunchoke · zones 3–9
- Thyme · zones 5–9
- Timur (Nepal pepper) · zones 7–10
- Walking onion · zones 3–9
Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (40)
- Arugula · zones 2–11
- Bambara groundnut · zones 6–11
- Beet · zones 2–11
- Bok choy · zones 2–11
- Bottle gourd (lauki) · zones 6–12
- 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
- Epazote (paico) · zones 6–11
- Finger millet (ragi) · zones 7–12
- Flint and flour corn (maize) · zones 3–11
- Jicama · zones 7–11
- 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
- Peanut · zones 6–11
- Pearl millet (bajra) · zones 7–12
- Quinoa · zones 4–11
- Radish · zones 2–11
- Rutabaga (swede) · zones 3–9
- Salsify · zones 4–9
- Scarlet runner bean · zones 4–11
- Sesame (til) · zones 7–12
- 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 (33)
- Allegheny chinquapin · zones 5–9
- American beautyberry · zones 6–10
- American cranberrybush · zones 2–7
- Butternut · zones 3–7
- California bay laurel · zones 7–10
- California black walnut · zones 7–10
- Camellia (tsubaki) · zones 7–9
- Carolina rose · zones 4–9
- Cattail · zones 3–10
- Common hawthorn · zones 4–8
- Common juniper · zones 2–7
- Emory oak (bellota) · zones 7–10
- European beech · zones 4–7
- European crab apple · zones 4–8
- Evergreen huckleberry · zones 7–9
- Goosefoot (pitseed) · zones 3–10
- Groundnut (hopniss) · zones 3–10
- Hackberry · zones 2–9
- Holm oak (bellota oak) · zones 7–10
- Mediterranean hackberry (nettle tree) · zones 6–10
- Nannyberry · zones 2–8
- Nootka rose · zones 3–8
- Oriental beech · zones 5–8
- Pinyon pine · zones 4–8
- Possumhaw viburnum · zones 5–9
- 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 (2)
- Daikon (tillage radish) · zones 2–11
- Tarwi (Andean lupin) · zones 7–10
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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