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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Lobelia siphilitica 'Alba' P9
Lobelia siphilitica 'Alba', commonly known as the White Cardinal Flower, is a striking perennial aquatic plant. It is admired for its elegant, tall...
View full detailsLobelia siphilitica P9
Lobelia siphilitica, commonly known as Great Blue Lobelia, is a striking perennial aquatic plant native to North America. It thrives in moist envir...
View full detailsLovely Bride Patio Rose 3 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Lovely Bride is a compact patio rose for smaller planting spaces, with light pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planti...
View full detailsLovely Fairy Ground Cover Rose 3 Litre
Lovely Fairy is a spreading rose for filling the front of borders, with pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting po...
View full detailsLovestruck Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
Lovestruck is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with red blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting positi...
View full detailsLungwort 'Blue Ensign' | Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
Clear blue spring flowers stand above dark green leaves in a compact clump. This lungwort is a useful early-season partner for hellebores and sprin...
View full detailsLungwort NOVA 'Cobalt' | Pulmonaria 'NOVA Cobalt' (2 Litre)
Deep cobalt-blue spring flowers contrast with plain, deep green leaves. This sturdy lungwort forms a low mound and is a useful choice for cool, moi...
View full detailsLythrum sal. 'Compact Rose' 2L
Lythrum salicaria 'Compact Rose' is a compact purple loosestrife with upright spikes of rose-pink flowers above fresh green foliage. It is especial...
View full detailsLythrum sal. 'Fairytales Rose' 2L
Lythrum salicaria 'Fairytales Rose' is a clump-forming perennial producing upright spikes of clear rose-pink flowers through summer. Its long flora...
View full detailsLythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife P9
Lythrum salicaria, commonly known as purple loosestrife, is a vigorous perennial plant celebrated for its tall, striking spikes of magenta flowers....
View full detailsMadame Hardy Shrub Rose 4.5 Litre
Madame Hardy is a shrub rose for garden borders, with white blooms. Its main flowering display arrives in early summer.Why we like it White flowers...
View full detailsMagnolia soulangeana 50-60 CM C4.5
Magnolia soulangeana is a stunning magnolia with large pinky-red blossoms with light pink tips.This magnolia would make a real splash of colour in ...
View full detailsMagnolia Sunsation 10LT
Magnolia ‘Sunsation’ is a deciduous large shrub or small tree with yellow, cup-shaped flowers flushed pink. It brings a distinctive spring display ...
View full detailsMaigold Climbing Rose 4.5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Maigold is a rose for training over a suitable wall, fence or support, with yellow blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared plant...
View full detailsMalus 'Evereste' | Flowering Crab Apple Tree 10 Litre
Malus Evereste is a fantastic crabapple variety with superb ornamental value. Producing a blossom of large, white flowers in the spring and golden-...
View full detailsMalus 'Golden Hornet' | Flowering Crab Apple
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
A gorgeous, upright crab apple with masses of cup-shaped, pink-flushed, white flowers in late spring. These are followed in autumn by a profusion o...
View full detailsMalus 'Neville Copeman' | Flowering Crab Apple Tree 10 Litre
Small to medium-size tree with distinctly upright ovoid crown but rather irregular, wide ovoid crown. The year-old twigs are purplish brown. The sp...
View full detailsMalus John Downie 10L
Malus are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn; some have good autumn foliag...
View full detailsMalus toringo 'Scarlett' | Flowering Crab Apple Tree 10 Litre
A Danish-bred cultivar of one of the Japanese crabapples, Malus toringo Scarlett is a moderately vigorous, small, deciduous tree with an attractive...
View full detailsMalus x robusta 'Red Sentinel' | Flowering Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel'
Malus x robusta 'Red Sentinel' This flowering crab apple 'Red Sentinel' is a prolific flowering variety. Perfect for a medium to large sized gard...
View full detailsMalvern Hills David Austin Fragrant Climbing Rose 6 Litre
Malvern Hills is a rose for training over a suitable wall, fence or support, with pale yellow blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-pre...
View full detailsMamma Mia Hybrid Tea Rose 3.5 Litre
Mamma Mia is a hybrid tea rose with individual flowers that stand out in a rose border, with peach/pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny...
View full detailsMany Happy Returns Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Many Happy Returns is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with light pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared ...
View full detailsMe And You Standard Rose 10 Litre
Me And You is a standard rose, grown with a raised crown of flowers, with red blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting p...
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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