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Traditional dug bed

A cultivated bed at ground level, worked and improved each season, usually laid out in rows with paths between.

What this changes about growing

  • Behaves like open ground with better structure and fertility from repeated organic-matter additions.
  • Row spacing matters here in a way it does not in a small raised bed, because the grower walks between the rows.

What GrowingHQ has assessed in it

Only plants with an actual assessment appear here. A plant that is absent has not been ruled out — it has not been looked at for this method.

PlantSuitabilityWhat it needs
Armand clematisWell suited
AsparagusWell suited
Bearded irisWell suited
BeetrootWell suited
BerberisWell suited
BlackcurrantWell suited
Blue fescueWell suited
BorageWell suited
Broad beanWell suited
BroccoliWell suited
BrunneraWell suited
Brussels sproutsWell suited
BuddlejaWell suited
BugleWell suited
CabbageWell suited
Californian lilacWell suited
CannaWell suited
CauliflowerWell suited
ChamomileWell suited
ChardWell suited
ChervilWell suited
ChivesWell suited
Christmas boxWell suited
ClematisWell suited
Climbing hydrangeaWell suited
CorianderWell suited
CotoneasterWell suited
CrocosmiaWell suited
CrocusWell suited
DahliaWell suited
DeutziaWell suited
DillWell suited
EpimediumWell suited
EscalloniaWell suited
Evergreen climbing hydrangeaWell suited
FatsiaWell suited
Feather reed grassWell suited
FennelWell suited
FirethornWell suited
ForsythiaWell suited
French beanWell suited
FuchsiaWell suited
GarlicWell suited
Garlic chivesWell suited
GladiolusWell suited
Golden-scaled male fernWell suited
GooseberryWell suited
Grape hyacinthWell suited
Hard shield fernWell suited
Hardy cyclamenWell suited
Hardy geraniumWell suited
Hart's tongue fernWell suited
HebeWell suited
Henry's honeysuckleWell suited
HeucheraWell suited
HippeastrumWell suited
HostaWell suited
HyacinthWell suited
HydrangeaWell suited
IvyWell suited
Japanese forest grassWell suited
Jerusalem artichokeWell suited
KaleWell suited
KohlrabiWell suited
Lady fernWell suited
Lamb's lettuceWell suited
Land cressWell suited
LavenderWell suited
LeekWell suited
Lemon balmWell suited
LettuceWell suited
LilyWell suited
LovageWell suited
MahoniaWell suited
Maidenhair spleenwortWell suited
Male fernWell suited
Mexican feather grassWell suited
Mexican orange blossomWell suited
MiscanthusWell suited
Mock orangeWell suited
NerineWell suited
OnionWell suited
OsmanthusWell suited
Ostrich fernWell suited
Pak choiWell suited
ParsleyWell suited
ParsnipWell suited
PassionflowerWell suited
PeaWell suited
PeriwinkleWell suited
PierisWell suited
PotatoWell suited
PumpkinWell suited
RadishWell suited
RaspberryWell suited
RedcurrantWell suited
RhubarbWell suited
RocketWell suited
RoseWell suited
Royal fernWell suited
Runner beanWell suited
Salad burnetWell suited
SalviaWell suited
SavoryWell suited
SedgeWell suited
ShallotWell suited
SkimmiaWell suited
SnowdropWell suited
Soft shield fernWell suited
SorrelWell suited
SpinachWell suited
SpiraeaWell suited
Spring onionWell suited
Star jasmineWell suited
StrawberryWell suited
SwedeWell suited
SweetcornWell suited
Tiger flowerWell suited
Tuberous begoniaWell suited
TurnipWell suited
Virginia creeperWell suited
WeigelaWell suited
WhitecurrantWell suited
Winter squashWell suited
AmelanchierWorkable
AppleWorkable
BlackberryWorkable
CamelliaWorkable
CarrotWorkableDeep cultivation, no fresh manure
CeleriacWorkable
CeleryWorkable
CherryWorkable
ChicoryWorkable
Crab appleWorkable
EndiveWorkable
Globe artichokeWorkable
HawthornWorkable
HollyWorkable
HyssopWorkable
Japanese mapleWorkable
Lemon thymeWorkable
Lemon verbenaWorkable
LoganberryWorkable
MagnoliaWorkable
MarjoramWorkable
OreganoWorkableGrit worked in
PearWorkable
PlumWorkable
QuinceWorkable
RhododendronWorkable
RosemaryWorkableGrit worked into the planting position
RowanWorkable
SageWorkableGrit worked in
ShisoWorkable
Silver birchWorkable
TarragonWorkable
TayberryWorkable
Thai basilWorkable
ThymeWorkableGrit worked in
Vietnamese corianderWorkable
Winter savoryWorkable
YewWorkable
BayMarginal
MintMarginal
Curry leafNot suitable

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