Posted on July 28th, 2008 by admin

What flowers can I plant in southern Germany?

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planting flowers
funkymunkyninja asked:


I recently moved to southern Germany and I want to plant some flowers on my balcony porch thing. My only problem is that I don’t know what flowers I can grow in this climate at this time of year, nor can I find a website in English (since I don’t speak/read German enough to make any sense of it) that helps me out.

So, what can I grow where I live? I would prefer to plant flowers, but I can go for herbs and other things like that too.

2 Responses to “What flowers can I plant in southern Germany?”

rustskipper on July 28th, 2008 5:06 pm:

Hey funkymunkyninja,

You can plant what ever grows in zone 6 in the USA, and depending on your location in Southern Germany - maybe even zone 7. So, use the internet to find plants that tolerate those zones.

subst99 on July 29th, 2008 4:48 pm:

In southern Germany, you have to be careful , because we have very warm areas, but also colder spots near the alps or in wood/hill areas.

If your balcony is facing south, you might get problems with the intense sunlight in summer.

I’ll list stuff that proved useful on my balcony last summer; they are all plants that will survive hot temperatures and occasional droughts:

- portulaca grandiflora

- lewisia cotyledon

- lavender

- rosemary

- genista

- olive tree

- dwarf pine trees

- succulents like sedum or sempervivum (you get them at any German garden centre)

This year I’m going to try Scaevola Aemula as well.