What to plant in August in Norway
4 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Norway, for the climate around Southeastern Norway, Innlandet near Lillehammer.
Climate: A cold boreal climate with hard winters (nights to -21 °C), frost possible into late May and again from late August, a short warm season of about 4 to 5 months, and fairly even rainfall with a wetter autumn.
Vegetables
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Cool weather keeps it tender, and late-summer sowings give a second crop.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Long daylight and mild temperatures produce leafy heads quickly.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Quick-maturing and frost-tolerant, it can be sown many times through the season.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy perennial plants survive the winter and fruit reliably in the cool summer.
Harvest: 1 yearEasyIn potsCare guide →