Garden plants for Argentina
57 plants that appear on garden plant lists for Argentina: vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, shrubs and trees that gardeners there commonly grow, native or introduced. Each links to a growing guide with spacing, sun, water, hardiness, toxicity and sources.
Argentina spans more than one climate. Being on this list does not mean a plant suits your own site: check its hardiness and water needs against your local conditions, and avoid plants listed as invasive in your area.
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Vegetables (10)
- Bell pepper Capsicum annuum
- Chili pepper Capsicum annuum (hot types)
- Fig-leaf gourd (chilacayote) Cucurbita ficifolia
- Garlic Allium sativum
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa
- Onion Allium cepa
- Potato Solanum tuberosum
- Pumpkin Cucurbita maxima / C. pepo
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
- Zucchini (courgette) Cucurbita pepo
Herbs (3)
- Alfalfa (lucerne) Medicago sativa
- Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus
- White horehound Marrubium vulgare · invasive in some regions
Fruit (8)
- Calafate (box-leaved barberry) Berberis microphylla
- Chilean guava (murta) Ugni molinae
- Grapevine Vitis vinifera
- Jaboticaba Plinia cauliflora
- Lemon tree (dwarf) Citrus limon
- Maqui berry Aristotelia chilensis
- Peach Prunus persica
- Sweet orange Citrus x sinensis
Flowers (9)
- Agapanthus Agapanthus praecox
- Chilean glory flower Eccremocarpus scaber
- English lavender Lavandula angustifolia
- Flax (linseed) Linum usitatissimum
- Flowering tobacco Nicotiana alata
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida
- Million bells (calibrachoa) Calibrachoa parviflora
- Queen’s tears (friendship plant) Billbergia nutans
- Safflower Carthamus tinctorius
Shrubs (10)
- Bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla
- Box-leaf azara (vanilla tree) Azara microphylla
- Cotton (upland cotton) Gossypium hirsutum
- Darwin’s barberry (michay) Berberis darwinii · invasive in some regions
- Old man of the Andes Oreocereus celsianus
- Oleander Nerium oleander
- Pichi (false heath) Fabiana imbricata
- Red escallonia Escallonia rubra
- Silver torch cactus Cleistocactus strausii
- Yerba mate Ilex paraguariensis
Trees (13)
- Ceibo (cockspur coral tree) Erythrina crista-galli
- Chilean firebush (notro) Embothrium coccineum
- Chilean myrtle (arrayán) Luma apiculata
- Chinaberry (Persian lilac) Melia azedarach · invasive in some regions
- Coihue (Dombey’s southern beech) Nothofagus dombeyi
- Golden trumpet tree (ipĂŞ-amarelo) Handroanthus chrysotrichus
- Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia · invasive in some regions
- Monkey puzzle (pehuén) Araucaria araucana
- OmbĂş Phytolacca dioica
- Queen palm (jerivá) Syagrus romanzoffiana · invasive in some regions
- Silk floss tree Ceiba speciosa
- Tipa (rosewood) Tipuana tipu · invasive in some regions
- White carob tree (algarrobo blanco) Prosopis alba
Grasses (2)
- Oats Avena sativa
- Wheat (bread wheat) Triticum aestivum
Groundcovers (2)
- Chin cactus (grafted “moon cactus”) Gymnocalycium mihanovichii
- Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides
Reference values for planning, not horticultural, veterinary or medical advice. Varieties, soils and local climates differ: check with a local nursery or extension service.