What to plant in February in Mexico
6 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in February in Mexico, for the climate around Mexico City highlands, Valley of Mexico.
Climate: A cool subtropical highland at about 2,240 m with frosts from roughly December to February, a warm dry spring, and a rainy season from June to October that delivers most of the year's rain.
Vegetables
Onion Allium cepa
Onions handle highland frosts and mature well during the dry spring.
Harvest: 100–150 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Cool highland summers and frost-hardy crowns make strawberries a dependable bed or balcony fruit.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Peach Prunus persica
Low-chill peach varieties get enough winter cold on this highland site and ripen in the warm dry season.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsModerateCare guide →
Fig Ficus carica
Figs tolerate the highland winter and enjoy the warm spring and summer heat.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Tejocote Crataegus mexicana
This native hawthorn is adapted to highland frosts and produces its fruit in the autumn.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsEasy
Pear Pyrus communis
Pears need winter chill, which the highland frosts supply, and they fruit well in the warm season.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate