This schedule is specific for my area. You will need to adjust it somewhat for your location. I thought it would be a helpful reminder, especially for those herbs whose optimal harvest time isn’t so obvious, like the sagebrush I keep missing out on because it's supposed to be harvested in spring. It’s just a guideline, not a hard and fast rule about dates. Refer to the individual herbs for specifics on harvesting and preparations.
· Year-round
o Arrow-leaf balsam root (roots)
o Elder (bark, leaves)
o Juniper (needles and twigs)
o Lomatium (roots)
o Mormon tea (leaves)
o Oak (inner bark)
o Rosemary (leaves)
o Usnea (whole plant)
o Wheat grass (leaves)
· Spring
o Blackberry (leaves)
o Cattail (pollen)
o Cinquefoil (leaf, flower, stem, new growth)
o Dandelion (leaves, when in flower)
o Hawthorn (flowers and leaves)
o Isatis (leaves, before flowering; roots of second year plants)
o Mullein (second year leaves)
o Peach (blossoms, leaves)
o Pine (new, green needles)
o Plantain (leaves, for fresh use)
o Quaking aspen (unfissured bark, before trees leaf out)
o Red clover (just as blossoms begin to appear)
o Sagebrush (just before flowering)
o Snapdragon (flowers and leaves)
o Snowball bush (after pruning, inner bark, before leaf buds open)
o Willow (leaf buds)
· March
o Quaking aspen (leaf buds)
· April
o Dandelion (leaves, when in flower)
o Pine (new, green needles)
o Plantain (leaves, for fresh use)
o Quaking aspen (unfissured bark, before trees leaf out)
· May
o Japanese honeysuckle (flowers)
o Dandelion (leaves, when in flower)
· June
o Arnica
o Arrowleaf balsamroot (leaves)
o Dandelion (leaves, when in flower)
o Elder (flowers)
o German chamomile (flowers)
o Goldenrod (flowers and leaves)
o Japanese honeysuckle (flowers)
o Peach (leaves)
· Summer
o Blackberry (fruit)
o Cabbage
o Catnip (when flowers are in full bloom, along with leaves)
o Cattail (green flower heads)
o Cinquefoil (leaf, flower, stem, new growth)
o Comfrey (leaves and flowering tops)
o Corn silk (silk, before pollination occurs)
o Dill
o Echinacea (aerial parts)
o Eggplant (fruit)
o Forsythia (leaves)
o Japanese honeysuckle (leaves)
o Lamb’s quarter (leaves)
o Lavender (buds just before they open and leaves)
o Mallow/hollyhock (leaves)
o Milk thistle (flower heads, just as they are going to seed)
o Mullein (flowers, first year leaves)
o Oregano (leaves, before flowering)
o Plantain (leaves, for fresh use; for drying for future use, after the flower spike has formed)
o Pumpkins and other squash (flowers, just as they are about to open)
o Purslane (leaves)
o Raspberry (leaves)
o Russian thistle (stems and leaves)
o Spearmint (just as flowering begins)
o Spotted knapweed (leaves, when plant is in flower)
o Sunflower (flower petals and seed heads, leaves)
o Thyme (blooming heads)
· July
o Bee balm (peak of flowering)
o Peach (fruit, leaves, seeds)
o Pumpkin and other squash (flowers)
· August
o Calendula (when buds are just opening)
o Chokecherry (bark)
o Elder (berries)
o Gumweed (flowers)
o Hawthorn (berries)
o Jimsonweed (flowers and leaves)
o Lemon balm (leaves, just before flowering)
o Licorice
o Lomatium (seeds)
o Mallow/hollyhock (flowers, when open)
o Peach (fruit, leaves, seeds)
o Pumpkin and other squash (flowers, leaves)
· September
o Forsythia (unripe fruit)
o Garlic
o Gumweed (flowers)
o Licorice
o Parsley (roots and seeds, after flowering)
o Yarrow (roots)
· Fall
o Blackberry (roots)
o Cabbage
o Bearberry
o Chokecherry (berries and bark)
o Chrysanthemum (flowers)
o Comfrey (roots)
o Currants and gooseberries (end of season, flowers and leaves)
o Dandelion (roots, 2 yr old roots more medicinal than 1 year old roots)
o Echinacea (roots)
o Elder (roots)
o Isatis (roots of first year plants)
o Japanese barberry (roots)
o Japanese honeysuckle (stems)
o Juniper (berries, after the first frost)
o Lamb’s quarter (leaves)
o Mallow (roots)
o Mullein (taproots of first year plants)
o Nasturtium (flowers and leaves)
o Peach (stem bark, roots)
o Peony (root)
o Peppermint (just after flowers begin to emerge)
o Plantain (leaves, for fresh use; for drying for future use, after the flower spike has formed)
o Poppy
o Pumpkins and other squash (seeds, when fruit is fully mature)
o Quaking aspen (unfissured bark, after leaves have fallen)
o Snapdragon (flowers and leaves)
o Snowball bush (inner bark, after leaves turn)
o Sunflower (roots)
o Yarrow (flowers and leaves)
o
· October
o Pomegranate (peel)
· November
o Valerian (roots)
· Winter
o Japanese honeysuckle (stems)
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