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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Caltha Palustris Alba | White Marsh Marigold P9
The White Marsh Marigold, scientifically known as Caltha Palustris Alba, is an elegant perennial plant with charming attributes. Its glossy green f...
View full detailsCaltha Palustris P9
Caltha Palustris, otherwise known as Marsh Marigold or sometimes Kingcup, is the earliest flowering of the commonly grown pond plants. It blooms i...
View full detailsCarefree Days Patio Rose 3.5 Litre
Carefree Days is a compact patio rose for smaller planting spaces, with light pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared plant...
View full detailsCarpinus Betulus 'Fastigiata' - Hornbeam
A form of our native hornbeam differing mainly in its tightly ascending branching habit, which lends strong architectural structure to a landscape....
View full detailsCentaurea 'Amethyst in Snow'
Centaurea 'Amethyst in Snow' is a striking perennial known for its unique, bicolor flowers. The blooms feature a central disc of rich amethyst purp...
View full detailsCentaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream' is a captivating perennial known for its striking, deep amethyst-blue flowers. This variety of mountain bluet st...
View full detailsCentaurea Montana 'Amethyst in Snow' | Perennial Cornflower (2 Litre)
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Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow' is a stunning and unique perennial plant that brings beauty and contrast to garden landscapes. This variety of...
View full detailsChristmas Rose 'Christmas Carol' | Helleborus niger 'Christmas Carol' (12cm Pot)
A compact Christmas rose with white flowers and golden centres above leathery green foliage. It brings colour to winter pots and lightly shaded bor...
View full detailsChristmas Rose 'Christmas Carol' | Helleborus niger 'Christmas Carol' (Pack of 6)
A pack of six compact Christmas roses with white flowers and yellow centres above leathery green foliage. An attractive choice for winter container...
View full detailsClaire Austin David Austin Fragrant Rose 6 Litre
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Claire Austin is an English rose bred by David Austin, with creamy-white key features: highly fragrant particularly healthy highly blooms. Enjoy it...
View full detailsCompassion Climbing Rose 5 Litre
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Compassion is a rose for training over a suitable wall, fence or support, with orange/salmon blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prep...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Coral Forest' | Heuchera sanguinea 'Coral Forest' (3 Litre)
Coral Bells 'Coral Forest' is a compact perennial with lightly marbled green leaves and sprays of coral-red flowers from late spring into summer. I...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Marvelous Marble' | Heuchera americana 'Marvelous Marble' (3 Litre)
Coral Bells 'Marvelous Marble' is valued for leaves that change with the season: purple tones in cool weather develop into green foliage with dark ...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Melting Fire' | Heuchera 'Melting Fire'
Coral Bells 'Melting Fire' forms a compact mound of ruffled purple-red leaves, with a deeper red underside. Fine stems carry small white flowers in...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Palace Purple' | Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' (2 Litre)
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A familiar foliage perennial with maple-shaped leaves ranging from bronze-green to deep purple. The leafy clump adds depth to borders and container...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Plum Pudding' | Heuchera 'Plum Pudding' (2 Litre)
Glossy plum-purple foliage forms a striking mound beneath delicate pale flowers in summer. Particularly effective alongside green ferns or lighter ...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Silver Gumdrop' | Heuchera 'Silver Gumdrop' (2 Litre)
Silvery leaves develop a rosy tint as they mature, creating an attractive foil for vivid pink flowers. The low foliage mound works well at the fron...
View full detailsCoral Bells 'Splashberry' | Heuchera 'Splashberry' (2 Litre)
Yellow-green leaves are marked with red around the centre and veins, creating a distinctive splash of colour. Small white summer flowers rise above...
View full detailsCotinus cog. 'Royal Purple' | Purple Smokebush (2 Litre)
Cotinus cog. 'Royal Purple' | Purple Smokebush is a magnificent deciduous shrub celebrated for its dramatic, deep purple foliage. Throughout the su...
View full detailsCotoneaster 'Coral Beauty' - Half Standard 80cm Stem
Coral beauty cotoneaster is grafted on a half standard 80cm stem. When established this low-growing evergreen shrub will form a dense mat of weed...
View full detailsCotoneaster 'Coral Beauty' | Weeping Cotoneaster 15 Litre
Cotoneaster 'Coral Beauty' is trained as a compact weeping tree, creating a neat dome of glossy evergreen foliage above a clear stem. Creamy-white ...
View full detailsCotoneaster 'Winter Jewel' | Weeping Cotoneaster 10 Litre
Cotoneaster 'Winter Jewel' is a compact weeping tree with arching evergreen branches, small glossy leaves and excellent seasonal colour. Creamy-whi...
View full detailsCotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus | Weeping Cotoneaster 10 Litre
Pretty, small white flowers in June followed by showy, bright red, autumn berries. This upright evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub forms a lovely tr...
View full detailsCotoneaster × watereri 'Cornubia' | Weeping Cotoneaster 10 Litre
Cotoneaster × watereri 'Cornubia' is a vigorous semi-evergreen tree with upright young growth that develops into a broad, graceful crown. Clusters ...
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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