Trees, shrubs, perennials, flowers and vegetables belong in every varied ornamental and kitchen garden. If the design plan has concrete forms, the right planting times are a headache for the home gardener. This overview shows you at what times your new plants want to go into the ground.
When is the best time to plant in the garden?
Optimal planting times in the garden are: bare-root trees and shrubs from October to March, frost-hardy deciduous and coniferous trees in September, frost-sensitive trees in spring, trees with soil balls all year round (except when there is frost), exotic plants and flowers from mid-May, frost-resistant perennials in autumn or spring. Useful plants from March to November.
Schedule for the optimal planting times
The following schedule will give you a compact overview of the right planting times in your garden:
- Bare-rooted trees and shrubs: from October to March
- Frost-hardy, evergreen deciduous and coniferous trees: early to mid-September
- Frost-sensitive, deciduous and evergreen trees: in spring
- Woods with soil balls: all year round, provided the ground is not frozen
- Cold-sensitive exotics and flowers: from mid-May
- Frost-resistant perennials: ideally in autumn - alternatively in spring
In the kitchen garden there is planting time almost all year round, as long as it doesn't freeze. Depending on their growth, flowering and ripening times, the time window opens in March/April and remains open until October/November.
