Garden plants for Portugal
75 plants that appear on garden plant lists for Portugal: 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.
Portugal 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 (8)
- Cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata
- Fig-leaf gourd (chilacayote) Cucurbita ficifolia
- Garlic Allium sativum
- Kale Brassica oleracea var. sabellica
- Onion Allium cepa
- Potato Solanum tuberosum
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
- Watercress Nasturtium officinale
Herbs (6)
- Bay laurel Laurus nobilis
- Conehead thyme (za’atar farsi, Spanish oregano) Thymbra capitata
- Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium · invasive in some regions
- Rock samphire (sea fennel) Crithmum maritimum
- Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus
- Spike lavender (broad-leaved lavender) Lavandula latifolia
Fruit (7)
- Black mulberry Morus nigra
- Common fig Ficus carica
- Grapevine Vitis vinifera
- Lemon tree (dwarf) Citrus limon
- Seville orange (bitter orange) Citrus × aurantium
- Strawberry guava (cattley guava, araçá) Psidium cattleianum · invasive in some regions
- Sweet orange Citrus x sinensis
Flowers (10)
- Agapanthus Agapanthus praecox
- Annual mallow (rose mallow) Malva trimestris
- Bear’s breeches Acanthus mollis
- Bougainvillea Bougainvillea glabra
- English lavender Lavandula angustifolia
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida
- Geranium (Pelargonium) Pelargonium x hortorum
- Hoop-petticoat daffodil Narcissus bulbocodium
- Mallow-wort (annual malope) Malope trifida
- Sweet scabious (pincushion flower) Scabiosa atropurpurea
Shrubs (22)
- Bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla
- Camellia Camellia japonica
- Foxtail agave (spineless century plant) Agave attenuata
- Gorse (furze) Ulex europaeus · invasive in some regions
- Green santolina (holy flax) Santolina rosmarinifolia
- Gum rockrose Cistus ladanifer
- Italian buckthorn (alaternus) Rhamnus alaternus · invasive in some regions
- Japanese mock orange (pittosporum) Pittosporum tobira
- Kermes oak Quercus coccifera
- Krantz aloe (candelabra aloe) Aloe arborescens
- Laurustinus Viburnum tinus
- Lithodora (purple gromwell) Glandora diffusa
- Mastic tree (lentisk) Pistacia lentiscus
- Montpellier rock rose (narrow-leaved cistus) Cistus monspeliensis
- Portugal laurel Prunus lusitanica
- Pride of Madeira Echium candicans · invasive in some regions
- Sage-leaved rock rose Cistus salviifolius
- Shrubby germander (tree germander) Teucrium fruticans
- Shrubby scorpion vetch (coronilla) Coronilla valentina
- Spanish broom Spartium junceum · invasive in some regions
- Tree heath Erica arborea
- Tree houseleek (aeonium) Aeonium arboreum
Trees (17)
- Canary Island date palm Phoenix canariensis
- Carob Ceratonia siliqua
- Cootamundra wattle Acacia baileyana · invasive in some regions
- Cork oak Quercus suber
- European fan palm Chamaerops humilis
- Italian stone pine Pinus pinea
- Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia · invasive in some regions
- Lacy tree fern (Cooper’s tree fern) Sphaeropteris cooperi · invasive in some regions
- Moreton Bay fig Ficus macrophylla
- Norfolk Island pine Araucaria heterophylla
- Olive Olea europaea
- Ombú Phytolacca dioica
- Prickly juniper (cade) Juniperus oxycedrus
- Red-flowering gum Corymbia ficifolia
- River red gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis · invasive in some regions
- Strawberry tree Arbutus unedo
- Tasmanian blue gum Eucalyptus globulus · invasive in some regions
Grasses (2)
- Giant feather grass (golden oats) Celtica gigantea
- Greater quaking grass (rattlesnake grass) Briza maxima · invasive in some regions
Groundcovers (3)
- Aloe vera Aloe vera
- Hottentot fig (sour fig, ice plant) Carpobrotus edulis · invasive in some regions
- Roman chamomile (lawn chamomile) Chamaemelum nobile
Reference values for planning, not horticultural, veterinary or medical advice. Varieties, soils and local climates differ: check with a local nursery or extension service.