Best to plant - European Gardens

Choose plants with confidence and create a garden that looks better with every passing season.

Best Plants for European Gardens helps you select flowers, shrubs, grasses and foliage that suit your sunlight, soil, space and local growing conditions.

Inside this practical eight-page guide, you’ll find:

• Reliable plant suggestions for sunny, dry, moist, shaded, coastal and windy gardens

• Suitable choices for containers and smaller spaces

• Guidance on checking soil, drainage, climate, light and mature plant size

• Structural plants, colourful perennials and seasonal flowers

• A four-season planting shortlist for spring, summer, autumn and winter interest

• Ideas for combining evergreen and deciduous plants

• Pollinator-friendly choices providing nectar across the seasons

• Seasonal planting and care guidance

• Solutions for struggling plants, short flowering displays, patchy borders and scorched leaves

• A simple 30-day planting plan

Perfect for beginners who want to avoid expensive planting mistakes and build a dependable European garden.