Garden plants for Poland
94 plants that appear on garden plant lists for Poland: 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.
Poland 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 (11)
- Beetroot Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum
- Cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata
- Carrot Daucus carota subsp. sativus
- Cucumber Cucumis sativus
- Garlic Allium sativum
- Good King Henry Blitum bonus-henricus
- Onion Allium cepa
- Potato Solanum tuberosum
- Skirret Sium sisarum
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
Herbs (12)
- Dill Anethum graveolens
- Elecampane Inula helenium
- French sorrel (buckler-leaf sorrel) Rumex scutatus
- Greek mountain tea (tsai tou vounou) Sideritis scardica
- Hops Humulus lupulus
- Marsh mallow Althaea officinalis
- Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca
- Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris · invasive in some regions
- Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba
- St John’s wort (common) Hypericum perforatum · invasive in some regions
- Vervain (common verbena) Verbena officinalis
- White (yellow) mustard Sinapis alba
Fruit (7)
- Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
- Dwarf apple tree Malus domestica
- European plum Prunus domestica
- Kolomikta kiwi (variegated kiwi vine) Actinidia kolomikta
- Raspberry Rubus idaeus
- Sour cherry Prunus cerasus
- Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa
Flowers (36)
- Agrimony (church steeples) Agrimonia eupatoria
- Alpine avens Geum montanum
- Arnica (mountain tobacco) Arnica montana
- Basket of gold (golden alyssum) Aurinia saxatilis
- Betony (bishop’s wort) Betonica officinalis
- Carpathian bellflower (tussock bellflower) Campanula carpatica
- Christmas cactus (Thanksgiving cactus, crab cactus) Schlumbergera truncata
- Cup plant Silphium perfoliatum · invasive in some regions
- Deadly nightshade (belladonna) Atropa belladonna
- Dyer’s chamomile (golden marguerite) Cota tinctoria
- False sunflower (ox-eye) Heliopsis helianthoides
- French marigold Tagetes patula
- Fumewort (bird-in-a-bush) Corydalis solida
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida
- Golden clematis (orange-peel clematis) Clematis tangutica
- Italian clematis Clematis viticella
- Liverleaf (hepatica) Hepatica nobilis
- Maiden pink Dianthus deltoides
- Martagon lily (Turk’s cap lily) Lilium martagon
- Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
- Orange coneflower (black-eyed Susan ‘Goldsturm’) Rudbeckia fulgida
- Peony Paeonia lactiflora
- Perennial flax (blue flax) Linum perenne
- Pot marigold Calendula officinalis
- Prayer plant (herringbone plant) Maranta leuconeura
- Siberian squill Scilla siberica · invasive in some regions
- Snake’s head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris
- Soapwort (bouncing bet) Saponaria officinalis · invasive in some regions
- Spiked speedwell Veronica spicata
- Spring pasque flower (lady of the snows) Pulsatilla vernalis
- Spring snowflake Leucojum vernum
- Tansy Tanacetum vulgare · invasive in some regions
- Tulip Tulipa gesneriana
- White rock cress (Caucasian arabis) Arabis caucasica
- Willow gentian Gentiana asclepiadea
- Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Shrubs (8)
- Beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis
- Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
- Common lilac Syringa vulgaris
- Fountain butterfly bush (alternate-leaved buddleja) Buddleja alternifolia
- Garland flower (rose daphne) Daphne cneorum
- Southernwood (lad’s love) Artemisia abrotanum
- Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina · invasive in some regions
- Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia · invasive in some regions
Trees (10)
- European aspen Populus tremula
- European larch Larix decidua
- European silver fir Abies alba
- Goat willow (pussy willow) Salix caprea
- Golden chain tree (laburnum) Laburnum × watereri
- Indian bean tree (southern catalpa) Catalpa bignonioides
- Sessile oak Quercus petraea
- Swedish whitebeam Sorbus intermedia
- Swiss stone pine (arolla pine) Pinus cembra
- Turkish hazel Corylus colurna
Grasses (3)
- Oats Avena sativa
- Rye Secale cereale
- Wheat (bread wheat) Triticum aestivum
Groundcovers (7)
- Biting stonecrop (goldmoss) Sedum acre
- Blue-eyed Mary (creeping navelwort) Omphalodes verna
- Cobweb houseleek Sempervivum arachnoideum
- Eastern prickly pear (hardy prickly pear) Opuntia humifusa
- Mountain everlasting (pussytoes) Antennaria dioica
- Prostrate speedwell Veronica prostrata
- Red clover Trifolium pratense
Reference values for planning, not horticultural, veterinary or medical advice. Varieties, soils and local climates differ: check with a local nursery or extension service.