Garden calendar · Central Europe
What to plant in August
In August you can plant and sow: vegetables (12), herbs (7), perennials (2), fruit (2), annuals (2).
Plant out: 9 · Sow outdoors: 18 · Start indoors: 1
Months are for Central Europe (northern hemisphere).
Vegetables in August
Broccoli rabe (rapini)direct sowingPlant in Studio
Endivedirect sowingPlant in Studio
Garden cresssow indoors · direct sowingPlant in Studio
Garden rocketdirect sowingPlant in Studio
Horseradishroot-balledPlant in Studio
Lettucedirect sowingPlant in Studio
Napa cabbagedirect sowingPlant in Studio
Pak choidirect sowing · transplant outdoorsPlant in Studio
Herbs in August
Bay laurelcontainer plantPlant in Studio
Common dandeliondirect sowingPlant in Studio
Common valeriandirect sowing · container plantPlant in Studio
Garden chervildirect sowingPlant in Studio
Parsleydirect sowingPlant in Studio
Ribwort plantaindirect sowingPlant in Studio
St John's wortdirect sowingPlant in Studio
Perennials in August
Fruit in August
Annuals in August
Harvest in August
beetroot, broad bean, broccoli, broccoli rabe (rapini), cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chard, common bean, cucumber, endive, Florence fennel, garden cress, garden rocket, garlic, globe artichoke, Hamburg parsley, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, onion, pepper, potato, radicchio, radish, runner bean, spinach, sweet corn, tomato, turnip, Welsh onion, zucchini, pumpkin
In flower in August
African Marigold, astilbe, basil, bigleaf hydrangea, blackberry, bloody cranesbill, Bluebeard, borage, busy lizzie, butterfly bush, Cape gooseberry, catmint, Caucasian stonecrop, Common cosmos, common heather, common honeysuckle, common hop, common houseleek, Common Poppy, common sneezeweed, common sunflower, common valerian, common yarrow, Common zinnia, cotton lavender, creeping thyme, dill, English lavender, fall phlox, feathered pink, fennel, French marigold, garden dahlia, garden nasturtium, garden rose, gaura, German chamomile, Great Burnet, hollyhock, hyssop, Italian clematis, ivy geranium, ivy-leaved cyclamen, Japanese pagoda tree, lady's mantle, large-flowered clematis, lavandin, lemon balm, marjoram, monkshood, New England aster, orange coneflower, oregano, panicle hydrangea, peppermint, Petunia x atkinsiana, plains eryngo, pomegranate, Pot Marigold, purple coneflower, purpletop vervain, ribwort plantain, rose of Sharon, Russian sage, saw-toothed hydrangea, scarlet beebalm, Shasta daisy, showy stonecrop, shrubby cinquefoil, silk tree, smooth hydrangea, Southern Globe Thistle, spearmint, spiked speedwell, Spotted Dead-nettle, St John's wort, stinging nettle, summer savory, tarragon, threadleaf coreopsis, wall germander, wax begonia, wild strawberry, winter savory, woodland sage





















