Gardening · Climate Compatibility · Bhutan
Best Plants for Phuentsholing
Phuentsholing, Bhutan has a humid subtropical (foothill) climate: summer highs around 32°C, winter lows around 12°C, 4000 mm of annual rainfall and high humidity. Here's how 2,500 plants stack up against that climate, and when to plant them.
Phuentsholing’s year at a glance
Estimated average temperature by month, °C frost-free frost likely overnight
Plants that suit Phuentsholing
Every plant here has been checked against Phuentsholing’s summer heat, winter cold, chill hours, humidity and rainfall. Good fits grow reliably with ordinary care. Marginal fits can work, but need extra care such as shade, frost cover or a pot you can move. Click any plant for the full reasoning.
Vegetables (130)
Fruit (62)
Herbs & medicinal (75)
Flowers & ornamentals (443)
Shrubs (27)
Trees & palms (93)
Climbers (63)
Succulents (30)
Grains & field crops (32)
Aquatic (19)
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What to plant in Phuentsholing, month by month
Planting windows are worked out from Phuentsholing’s estimated monthly temperatures and each plant’s comfortable range: warm enough to avoid frost damage, cool enough to avoid heat stress. Pick a month, or click a cell in the grid.
Estimates only. They use average temperatures and don’t include local rainfall timing, frost dates or microclimate, so treat them as a starting point and check with a local nursery. In monsoon and wet-dry climates, trees and shrubs usually establish best at the start of the rains. An asterisk (*) means the plant’s best available window is only a rough fit here. Indoor and potted plants such as houseplants, orchids and bromeliads can be potted at any time, so they aren’t listed in the calendar. “Annual” includes biennials and tender perennials grown as annuals (tomato, chilli, petunia).
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Checked against 2,500 plants in total (959 marginal, 540 not recommended outdoors in Phuentsholing). Look up any specific plant, or compare Phuentsholing against a different climate factor by factor:
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