In season in August, zone 9

152 food plants hardy in zone 9 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 (14)

Algarrobo blanco · zones 8–11
Asian pear · zones 5–9
Black mulberry · zones 6–9
Carob · zones 9–11
Chañar · zones 8–10
Cherry plum (myrobalan) · zones 4–9
Fig · zones 7–11
Guabiyú · zones 8–10
Mulberry · zones 5–10
Plum · zones 4–9
Prickly pear · zones 8–11
Sandpaper fig · zones 9–11
Shikuwasa (Okinawan lime) · zones 9–11
Waterberry (umdoni) · zones 9–11

Berries and small fruit (13)

Andean blueberry (mortiño) · zones 8–10
Azores blueberry (uva-da-serra) · zones 9–11
Blackberry · zones 5–9
Caucasian whortleberry · zones 6–9
Elderberry · zones 3–9
Goji · zones 5–9
Goldenberry (Cape gooseberry) · zones 8–11
Karonda · zones 9–12
Madeira blueberry (uveira-da-serra) · zones 9–10
Midyim · zones 9–11
Muntries · zones 8–10
Rabbiteye blueberry · zones 7–9
Strawberry · zones 3–10

Nut trees (3)

Almond · zones 7–9
Argan · zones 9–11
Bunya pine · zones 9–11

Vines (3)

Maypop · zones 6–10
Muscadine grape · zones 7–10
Table grape · zones 7–10

Tropical and subtropical food plants (10)

Avocado · zones 9–11
Barbados cherry · zones 9–11
Cambuci · zones 9–11
Chiuri (Indian butter tree) · zones 9–11
Guava · zones 9–11
Lemon (true lemon) · zones 9–11
Passion fruit · zones 9–11
Pepino dulce · zones 9–11
Starfruit · zones 9–11
White sapote · zones 9–11

Perennial vegetables, greens and herbs (22)

Caper · zones 8–11
Chives · zones 3–9
Cretan dittany (diktamo) · zones 7–10
Culinary sage · zones 5–9
Izote (spineless yucca) · zones 9–11
Japanese pepper (sansho) · zones 6–9
Kitchen herbs (thyme, sage, rosemary) · zones 5–10
Lemon balm · zones 4–9
Lemon verbena · zones 8–11
Mint · zones 3–9
Mitsuba (Japanese parsley) · zones 4–9
Myoga ginger · zones 7–10
Oregano · zones 4–9
Pericón (Mexican tarragon) · zones 8–11
Rock samphire · zones 7–11
Rosemary · zones 7–10
Sumac (Sicilian or tanner's sumac) · zones 8–10
Tea · zones 7–9
Thyme · zones 5–9
Walking onion · zones 3–9
Warrigal greens · zones 8–11
Waterblommetjie (Cape pondweed) · zones 7–11

Annual vegetables, herbs and grains (63)

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
Bitter gourd (karela) · zones 8–12
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
Egusi melon · zones 8–12
Epazote (paico) · zones 6–11
Garden egg (African eggplant) · zones 9–12
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
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
Ridge gourd (turai) · zones 8–12
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
Teff · zones 8–11
Tepary bean · zones 8–11
Tomatillo · zones 2–11
Tomato · zones 2–11
Turnip · zones 2–11
Watermelon · zones 3–11
Winged bean · zones 9–12
Yardlong bean · zones 5–12
Zucchini (summer squash) · zones 2–11

Native and wild plants (22)

Aguacatillo (wild avocado) · zones 9–11
American hazelnut · zones 4–9
Apple berry · zones 9–11
Banana yucca · zones 5–9
Black cherry · zones 3–9
Blue elderberry · zones 5–10
California blackberry · zones 6–10
California wild grape · zones 7–10
Cattail · zones 3–10
Common sunflower · zones 2–11
Desert hackberry · zones 8–10
Evergreen huckleberry · zones 7–9
Honey mesquite · zones 6–9
Jojoba · zones 9–11
Kurrajong · zones 8–11
Nodding onion · zones 3–9
Oregon grape · zones 5–9
Screwbean mesquite · zones 7–10
Simpson's stopper · zones 9–11
Smooth sumac · zones 2–9
Texas persimmon · zones 7–10
Wild bergamot · zones 3–9

Helper plants for soil, wildlife and biomass (2)

Borage · zones 3–10
Wattleseed (prickly wattle) · zones 9–11

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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