What to plant in September in Norway
3 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in September 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 →
Garlic Allium sativum
Planted in autumn, the cloves overwinter under snow and produce bulbs the next summer.
Harvest: 210–280 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy perennial plants survive the winter and fruit reliably in the cool summer.
Harvest: 1 yearEasyIn potsCare guide →