What to plant in August in United Kingdom
4 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in United Kingdom, for the climate around Cambridge area, eastern England (52°N, 0°).
Climate: Cool temperate climate with frosts from roughly October to April, a mild wet winter, a dry spring and early summer, and warm but rarely hot summers, so crops need sowing after the last frost and benefit from protection in early spring.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Quick cool-season leaves that sow in succession from spring to early autumn and tolerate the mild British summers.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
Tolerates cool weather and light frosts, so it can be sown over a long season.
Harvest: 55–70 daysEasyIn pots
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Thrives in the cool spring and autumn and resists the local frosts without protection.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
The fastest crop in the garden, sown repeatedly through the growing season.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots