Garden plants for Sweden
76 plants that appear on garden plant lists for Sweden: 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.
Sweden 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 (4)
- Carrot Daucus carota subsp. sativus
- Onion Allium cepa
- Potato Solanum tuberosum
- Rhubarb Rheum x hybridum
Herbs (3)
- Chives Allium schoenoprasum
- Dill Anethum graveolens
- Sweet cicely Myrrhis odorata
Fruit (10)
- Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
- Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
- Cloudberry (hjortron) Rubus chamaemorus
- Dwarf apple tree Malus domestica
- Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa
- Kolomikta kiwi (variegated kiwi vine) Actinidia kolomikta
- Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- Raspberry Rubus idaeus
- Redcurrant Ribes rubrum
- Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa
Flowers (33)
- Alpine snowbell Soldanella alpina
- Arnica (mountain tobacco) Arnica montana
- Autumn gentian (Chinese gentian) Gentiana sino-ornata
- Bigleaf ligularia (leopard plant) Ligularia dentata
- Chestnut-leaved rodgersia Rodgersia aesculifolia
- Chinese money plant (pancake plant) Pilea peperomioides
- Chinese monkshood (Carmichael’s aconite) Aconitum carmichaelii
- Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
- Drumstick primula Primula denticulata
- Early crocus (Tommasini’s crocus) Crocus tommasinianus
- Fan columbine (miyama-odamaki) Aquilegia flabellata
- Fumewort (bird-in-a-bush) Corydalis solida
- Garden lupin Lupinus polyphyllus · invasive in some regions
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida
- Golden clematis (orange-peel clematis) Clematis tangutica
- Griffith’s spurge Euphorbia griffithii
- Late tulip (species tulip) Tulipa tarda
- 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
- Ornamental rhubarb (Chinese rhubarb) Rheum palmatum
- Peony Paeonia lactiflora
- Siberian bugloss (brunnera) Brunnera macrophylla
- Siberian squill Scilla siberica · invasive in some regions
- Snake’s head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris
- Spiked speedwell Veronica spicata
- Spring pasque flower (lady of the snows) Pulsatilla vernalis
- Tansy Tanacetum vulgare · invasive in some regions
- Tulip Tulipa gesneriana
- White rock cress (Caucasian arabis) Arabis caucasica
- Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Shrubs (7)
- Beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis
- Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
- Common lilac Syringa vulgaris
- Common rock rose (sun rose) Helianthemum nummularium
- Fragrant viburnum (Farrer’s viburnum) Viburnum farreri
- Moyes’ rose Rosa moyesii
- Southernwood (lad’s love) Artemisia abrotanum
Trees (10)
- European aspen Populus tremula
- European larch Larix decidua
- Goat willow (pussy willow) Salix caprea
- Himalayan birch (bhojpatra; white-barked jacquemontii) Betula utilis
- Kashmir rowan Sorbus cashmiriana
- Norway spruce Picea abies
- Scots pine Pinus sylvestris · invasive in some regions
- Sessile oak Quercus petraea
- Silver birch Betula pendula
- Swedish whitebeam Sorbus intermedia
Grasses (2)
Groundcovers (7)
- Biting stonecrop (goldmoss) Sedum acre
- Cobweb houseleek Sempervivum arachnoideum
- Heart-leaved globe daisy Globularia cordifolia
- Himalayan fleeceflower (knotweed groundcover) Bistorta affinis
- Mountain everlasting (pussytoes) Antennaria dioica
- Red clover Trifolium pratense
- Twinflower Linnaea borealis
Reference values for planning, not horticultural, veterinary or medical advice. Varieties, soils and local climates differ: check with a local nursery or extension service.