Trees, shrubs, perennials, flowers and vegetables belong in every varied ornamental and kitchen garden. If the design plan takes concrete form, the right planting times cause headaches for the home gardener. This overview shows you when your new plants want to go into the ground.
Trees can be planted almost all year round
Schedule for the optimal planting times
The following schedule gives you a compact overview of the right planting times in your garden:
- Bare root trees and shrubs: from October to March
- Frost hardy, evergreen deciduous and coniferous trees: early to mid-September
- Frost-sensitive, deciduous and evergreen shrubs: in spring
- Shrubs with earth balls: all year round, provided the ground is not frozen
- Exotics and flowers sensitive to cold: from mid-May
- Frost-resistant perennials: ideally in autumn - alternatively in spring
Planting time in the kitchen garden is almost all year round, as long as it doesn't freeze. Depending on their growth, flowering and ripening times, the window opens in March/April and stays open until October/November.