What to plant in August in Croatia
6 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Croatia, for the climate around Northern Croatia, Pannonian lowlands (46°N, 16°E).
Climate: Continental climate with cold winters (nights down to -13 °C, frosts from November to March), a last spring frost around April, warm summers reaching 36 °C, and fairly even rainfall with peaks in June and November.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Quick and cool-season friendly, with spring and early autumn sowings avoiding midsummer bolting.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Frost-tolerant leaves grow well in the cool spring and autumn periods.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy perennial plants survive the continental winter and fruit well in the warm, sunny early summer.
Harvest: 1 year (first crop the next June)EasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Hardy biennial leaves tolerate light frost and keep producing through the cool months.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
Fast-growing and self-sowing, it does well in the warm, moist continental summers.
Harvest: 40–60 daysEasyIn pots
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Perennial and fully hardy, chives come back every spring and tolerate the cold winters.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →