Plants for Clay Soil
Find plants for heavier garden soil, including Hydrangea, Viburnum, hostas, daylilies and other suitable perennials. Choose for your light and drainage as well as the soil texture.

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Photinia fraseri Chico 2L pot
Photinia Chico is a very popular option for planting in a border or a low hedge due to it is fantastic colour and hardiness. With bright red foilag...
View full detailsPhotinia fraseri Red Robin (7.5 Litre | 80-100cm)
5.0 / 5.0
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Photinia × fraseri 'Red Robin' is a widely admired hedging plant known for its vibrant red young leaves that gradually mature to a glossy green. Th...
View full detailsPhotinia Serr. Red Robin Espallier 180cm x 120cm
A splendid shrub with red & green leaves. It has beautiful red, glossy young foliage, and large, rounded heads of ivory flowers, this versatile...
View full detailsPhotinia × fraseri 'Carré Rouge' 5 Litre
Photinia × fraseri 'Carré Rouge' is a compact evergreen shrub valued for its vivid cherry-red young growth, which matures to glossy dark green. Nat...
View full detailsPlum 'Damson' 10 Litre
Plum ‘Damson’ The Plum ‘Damson’ is a traditional and highly valued fruit tree, known for its small, dark purple fruits and rich, tart flavour. Unli...
View full detailsPlum 'Opal' 10 Litre
Plum ‘Opal’ The Plum ‘Opal’ is a popular early-season dessert plum, originally bred in Sweden. It produces medium-sized, oval fruits with a reddi...
View full detailsPlum 'Victoria' 10 Litre
Plum ‘Victoria’ The Plum ‘Victoria’ is the most popular and widely grown plum variety in the UK, prized for its reliable cropping and delicious fla...
View full detailsPolemonium caeruleum 'Bambino Blue'
5.0 / 5.0
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Polemonium caeruleum Bambino Blue, commonly known as Jacob's Ladder, is a compact and charming perennial plant with delicate, fern-like foliage and...
View full detailsPrunus 'Shogetsu' ('Oku-miyako') | Japanese Flowering Cherry
Prunus 'Shogetsu', also known as 'Oku-miyako' or Blushing Bride, is an elegant Japanese flowering cherry with broad, spreading branches. Large hang...
View full detailsPrunus avium 'Plena' | Double-Flowered Wild Cherry
Prunus avium 'Plena' is a magnificent double-flowered wild cherry, producing clouds of pure white blossom in mid to late spring. Its broad, spreadi...
View full detailsPrunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia' | Cherry Laurel 60-80 3 Litre
Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia', commonly known as cherry laurel, is a robust evergreen shrub that provides year-round lush greenery. With its g...
View full detailsPrunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia' Trough | Portuguese Laurel (110 Litre Trough 100 x 180cm)
Perfect for instant privacy. These would be perfect for surrounding a patio area. Dense, bushy, evergreen shrub with large glossy, dark green leave...
View full detailsPrunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia' | Portuguese Laurel (2 Litre | 30-40cm)
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Portuguese Laurel, scientifically known as Prunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia,' is an elegant evergreen shrub celebrated for its slender, dark green l...
View full detailsPrunus nipponica 'Brilliant' 3 Litre
Prunus nipponica 'Brilliant' is a compact Japanese alpine cherry valued for its delicate pale pink spring blossom and attractive seasonal foliage. ...
View full detailsPrunus serrula - Tibetan cherry (10 Litre)
Prunus serrula is a magnificent tree for year round interest with its eye-catching polished, tactile bark. The smooth, mahogany bark peels in trans...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata 'Royal Burgundy'
'Royal Burgundy' is one of the best purple leaved cherries, medium sized slightly spreading, deciduous tree, valued for its striking colour, lovely...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata 'Shirofugen' - 10 Litre
Pink buds cover the branches in spring, opening up into fragrant, large double white blooms which fade to pink with age. The young bronze foliage t...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Amanogawa Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree (10 Litre)
Prunus serrulata Amanogawa is a slow-growing deciduous tree with a narrow, columnar crown.The young leaves are bronze-coloured; they turn to mid-gr...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Kanzan | Cherry Blossom Tree (10 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
This is one of the most popular double flowering cherry trees available. In spring the tree is laden with large double, deep pink flowers shortly b...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Kiku-Shidare-Zakura (10 Litre)
Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in ...
View full detailsQuercus palustris 'Green Pillar' 10 Litre
Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar' is a narrow, columnar pin oak selected for gardens where width is limited but strong vertical structure is wanted....
View full detailsQuercus Robur - Common Oak
The common oak used to be widespread throughout Ireland for thousands of years. They are one of the longest living trees and are known to live up ...
View full detailsSalix caprea Pendula - Dwarf Weeping Kilmarnock Willow
Salix caprea Pendula, commonly known as Dwarf Weeping Kilmarnock Willow, is a small ornamental tree with pendulous branches and a weeping habit. Th...
View full detailsSalix Integra 'Flamingo' (2 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
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Salix integra 'Flamingo' is an eye-catching deciduous shrub admired for its vibrant and variegated foliage. This plant features slender, pink and c...
View full detailsWork with your clay soil
Clay holds moisture and nutrients, but its drainage and workability vary. Hydrangeas and Viburnum offer shrub options, while hostas, Bergenia, Astrantia and daylilies bring foliage or flowers to suitable sites. Choose each plant for sun or shade and avoid treating clay as a single set of conditions. Soil that stays saturated needs a different approach from heavy soil that drains between showers. Improve soil structure where appropriate and avoid trampling or digging when it is very wet. Our team can help interpret your garden photos and choose for the actual conditions.
Notice how long water remains after rain. Clay-tolerant does not automatically mean tolerant of standing water.
Avoid working saturated soil. Prepare a broad planting area and discuss suitable organic matter with our team.
Hostas and hydrangeas have different needs from sunny-border daylilies. Check the individual variety.
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