Garden plants for Spain
146 plants that appear on garden plant lists for Spain: 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.
Spain 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)
- Alexanders (horse parsley) Smyrnium olusatrum
- Bell pepper Capsicum annuum
- Chickpea Cicer arietinum
- Chili pepper Capsicum annuum (hot types)
- Common ice plant (crystalline ice plant) Mesembryanthemum crystallinum · invasive in some regions
- Fig-leaf gourd (chilacayote) Cucurbita ficifolia
- Garlic Allium sativum
- Onion Allium cepa
- Tiger nut (chufa, earth almond) Cyperus esculentus · invasive in some regions
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
Herbs (16)
- Alfalfa (lucerne) Medicago sativa
- Anise (aniseed) Pimpinella anisum
- Ashwagandha (winter cherry) Withania somnifera
- Bay laurel Laurus nobilis
- Conehead thyme (za’atar farsi, Spanish oregano) Thymbra capitata
- Curry plant Helichrysum italicum
- Liquorice Glycyrrhiza glabra
- Oregano Origanum vulgare
- Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium · invasive in some regions
- Rock samphire (sea fennel) Crithmum maritimum
- Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus
- Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba
- Spike lavender (broad-leaved lavender) Lavandula latifolia
- Thyme Thymus vulgaris
- Vervain (common verbena) Verbena officinalis
- White horehound Marrubium vulgare · invasive in some regions
Fruit (9)
- Almond Prunus dulcis
- Black mulberry Morus nigra
- Common fig Ficus carica
- Grapevine Vitis vinifera
- Lemon tree (dwarf) Citrus limon
- Pistachio Pistacia vera
- Pomegranate Punica granatum
- Seville orange (bitter orange) Citrus Ă— aurantium
- Sweet orange Citrus x sinensis
Flowers (23)
- Agapanthus Agapanthus praecox
- Bearded iris Iris germanica
- Bear’s breeches Acanthus mollis
- Blue marguerite (blue daisy) Felicia amelloides
- Bougainvillea Bougainvillea glabra
- Burn jelly plant (stalked bulbine) Bulbine frutescens
- Dog’s-tooth violet Erythronium dens-canis
- Dusty miller (silver ragwort) Jacobaea maritima
- English lavender Lavandula angustifolia
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida
- Geranium (Pelargonium) Pelargonium x hortorum
- Great yellow gentian Gentiana lutea
- Hoop-petticoat daffodil Narcissus bulbocodium
- Italian clematis Clematis viticella
- Lady Banks’ rose (Banksian rose) Rosa banksiae
- Madonna lily Lilium candidum
- Paddle plant (flapjacks) Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
- Pyrenean violet (resurrection plant) Ramonda myconi
- Saffron crocus Crocus sativus
- Statice (wavyleaf sea lavender) Limonium sinuatum
- St Bruno’s lily (paradise lily) Paradisea liliastrum
- Upright myrtle spurge (gopher spurge) Euphorbia rigida
- Weld (dyer’s rocket) Reseda luteola
Shrubs (48)
- Beaked yucca Yucca rostrata
- Blue candle cactus (bilberry cactus, garambullo) Myrtillocactus geometrizans
- Butterfly agave (papalomé, tobalá) Agave potatorum
- Caper bush Capparis spinosa
- Century plant (agave) Agave americana · invasive in some regions
- Common jasmine Jasminum officinale
- Common myrtle Myrtus communis
- Coral aloe Aloe striata
- Foxtail agave (spineless century plant) Agave attenuata
- Geraldton wax Chamelaucium uncinatum
- Gorse (furze) Ulex europaeus · invasive in some regions
- Green santolina (holy flax) Santolina rosmarinifolia
- Grey-leaved cistus Cistus albidus
- Grey-leaved euryops (resin bush) Euryops pectinatus
- Gum rockrose Cistus ladanifer
- Italian buckthorn (alaternus) Rhamnus alaternus · invasive in some regions
- Japanese mock orange (pittosporum) Pittosporum tobira
- Japanese spindle (masaki) Euonymus japonicus
- Jerusalem sage Phlomis fruticosa
- 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
- Mountain aloe (Marloth’s aloe) Aloe marlothii
- Native lilac hibiscus (blue hibiscus) Alyogyne huegelii
- Old man cactus Cephalocereus senilis
- Old man of the Andes Oreocereus celsianus
- Old man saltbush Atriplex nummularia
- Oleander Nerium oleander
- Pig’s ear (round-leaved navelwort) Cotyledon orbiculata
- Portugal laurel Prunus lusitanica
- Pride of Madeira Echium candicans · invasive in some regions
- Pulque agave (maguey pulquero) Agave salmiana
- Queen Victoria agave Agave victoriae-reginae
- Sage-leaved rock rose Cistus salviifolius
- Shrubby germander (tree germander) Teucrium fruticans
- Shrubby scorpion vetch (coronilla) Coronilla valentina
- Silverbush (shrubby bindweed) Convolvulus cneorum
- Silver jade plant (silver dollar plant) Crassula arborescens
- Silver torch cactus Cleistocactus strausii
- Spanish broom Spartium junceum · invasive in some regions
- Spanish dagger (mound lily yucca) Yucca gloriosa
- Tree heath Erica arborea
- Tree houseleek (aeonium) Aeonium arboreum
- Wall germander Teucrium chamaedrys
- Weeping bottlebrush Melaleuca viminalis
Trees (31)
- Aleppo pine Pinus halepensis
- Atlas cedar Cedrus atlantica
- Canary Island date palm Phoenix canariensis
- Canary Island pine Pinus canariensis
- Carob Ceratonia siliqua
- Ceibo (cockspur coral tree) Erythrina crista-galli
- Cork oak Quercus suber
- Date palm Phoenix dactylifera
- European fan palm Chamaerops humilis
- European nettle tree Celtis australis
- Holm oak Quercus ilex
- Indian bean tree (southern catalpa) Catalpa bignonioides
- Italian cypress Cupressus sempervirens
- Italian stone pine Pinus pinea
- Judas tree Cercis siliquastrum
- Lemon-scented gum Corymbia citriodora
- Mexican fan palm Washingtonia robusta · invasive in some regions
- Monterey pine (radiata pine) Pinus radiata · invasive in some regions
- Moreton Bay fig Ficus macrophylla
- Norfolk Island pine Araucaria heterophylla
- Olive Olea europaea
- OmbĂş Phytolacca dioica
- Ponytail palm (elephant’s foot) Beaucarnea recurvata
- Prickly juniper (cade) Juniperus oxycedrus
- Queen palm (jerivá) Syagrus romanzoffiana · invasive in some regions
- 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
- Terebinth (turpentine tree) Pistacia terebinthus
- Tipa (rosewood) Tipuana tipu · invasive in some regions
Grasses (3)
- Barley Hordeum vulgare
- Giant feather grass (golden oats) Celtica gigantea
- Rice (Asian rice) Oryza sativa
Groundcovers (6)
- Aloe vera Aloe vera
- Creeping fig (climbing fig) Ficus pumila
- Ghost plant (mother-of-pearl plant) Graptopetalum paraguayense
- Hottentot fig (sour fig, ice plant) Carpobrotus edulis · invasive in some regions
- Jelly bean plant (pork and beans) Sedum rubrotinctum
- 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.