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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Golden Showers Climbing Rose 5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Golden Showers is a rose for training over a suitable wall, fence or support, with yellow blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepare...
View full detailsGolden Wedding Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Golden Wedding is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with yellow blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting...
View full detailsGooseberry 'Hinnonmaki Green' | Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Green'
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
A self-fertile gooseberry producing green fruit in summer, with a refreshing flavour for cooking or eating when fully ripe.Why we like it Green fru...
View full detailsGooseberry 'Hinnonmaki Red' | Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Red'
A self-fertile gooseberry producing red summer fruit with a sweet flesh and pleasantly tart skin. Useful for eating ripe, preserves and desserts.Wh...
View full detailsGrandma's Rose Hybrid Tea Rose 3.5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Grandma's is a hybrid tea rose with individual flowers that stand out in a rose border, with yellow blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, we...
View full detailsGrandpa's Rose Hybrid Tea Rose 3.5 Litre
Grandpa's is a hybrid tea rose with individual flowers that stand out in a rose border, with red blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-...
View full detailsGreater Periwinkle | Vinca major (2 Litre)
Large glossy evergreen leaves and violet-blue spring flowers make greater periwinkle useful for covering substantial areas beneath shrubs. It is mo...
View full detailsHandel Climbing Rose 5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Handel is a rose for training over a suitable wall, fence or support, with white/pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared pl...
View full detailsHansestadt Rostock Standard Rose 12 Litre
Hansestadt Rostock is a standard rose, grown with a raised crown of flowers, with white blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared ...
View full detailsHappy Birthday Hybrid Tea Rose 3.5 Litre
Happy Birthday is a hybrid tea rose with individual flowers that stand out in a rose border, with yellow/orange blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in...
View full detailsHappy Golden Wedding Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
Happy Golden Wedding is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with yellow blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared pl...
View full detailsHappy Retirement Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
Happy Retirement is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with light pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared pl...
View full detailsHappy Ruby Wedding Hybrid Tea Rose 3.5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Happy Ruby Wedding is a hybrid tea rose with individual flowers that stand out in a rose border, with ruby red blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in ...
View full detailsHappy Silver Wedding Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Happy Silver Wedding is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with light pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepare...
View full detailsHardy Geranium 'Coombland White' | Geranium 'Coombland White' (2 Litre)
White flowers with pink veins and reddish markings near the centre sit above a spreading mound of green foliage. This easy-going hardy geranium pro...
View full detailsHardy Geranium 'Rozanne' | Geranium 'Rozanne'
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
'Rozanne' carries violet-blue flowers with white centres over a spreading mound of green foliage. Its long flowering season makes it useful along b...
View full detailsHarlow Carr David Austin Fragrant Rose 6 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
Harlow Carr is an English rose bred by David Austin, with soft pink key features: highly fragrant abundant blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a su...
View full detailsHedera helix 'Yellow Ripple' ivy
Hedera helix 'Yellow Ripple' is an attractive and versatile evergreen ivy known for its distinctive, lobed leaves with bright yellow margins and da...
View full detailsHedera Helix Goldchild Ivy
Goldchild is a medium-sized evergreen climber with light green young leaves broadly margined with bright yellow; the older leaves grey-green edged ...
View full detailsHedera helix Golden Kolibri 2 Litre
Hedera hel. Golden Kolibri is a variegated ivy that is quite vigorous and can grow up to 10-12 feet in height and spread. it is self clinging. ...
View full detailsHedera Mix (Single Cane | 2 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Hedera Mix is a delightful assortment of various ivy species, combining different colors, leaf shapes, and growth patterns in one charmin...
View full detailsHellebore 'Angel Glow' | Helleborus 'Angel Glow' (2 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Soft pink buds open into pale pink and cream flowers, which age to deeper pink and green. Set above attractive evergreen foliage, the long-lasting ...
View full detailsHellebore 'Pirouette' | Helleborus × ericsmithii 'Pirouette' (2 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Pale pink flowers held on darker stems bring quiet colour to the late winter garden. The blooms deepen as they age above leathery green foliage, ma...
View full detailsHellebore 'Winterbells' | Helleborus × sahinii 'Winterbells' (2 Litre)
Clusters of nodding bell-shaped flowers open greenish cream with pink-flushed backs and fade to green. Deeply divided evergreen foliage makes a han...
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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