Clay, chalk, sandy & acidic soil
While many plants will grow in more challenging soils, it makes gardening easier to choose plants that prefer these soil types. ; Top tip: Use organic matter (bark chips, compost or soil improver) to give your soil a helping hand. For example with chalk and sandy soil, mulching with organic matter (bark chippings or compost) will conserve moisture. For clay soils, digging in organic matter (compost or soil improver) will lighten its structure and discourage compaction.
Acidic soil plants
1202 plants
Chalky soil plants
833 plants
Clay soil lovers
401 plants
Sandy soil plants
606 plants
All plants (1944)
Calluna vulgaris 'Firefly'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Glencoe'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Gold Haze'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Golden Carpet'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Golden Feather'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Grey Carpet'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Hammondii Rubrifolia'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'J.H. Hamilton'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Joy Vanstone'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Kerstin'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Marlies'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Melanie'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Orange and Gold'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Pennyacre Lemon'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Peter Sparkes'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Prostrate Orange'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Robert Chapman'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Ruth Sparkes'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Schurig's Sensation'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Serlei Aurea'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sesam'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Silver Cloud'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Silver Knight'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Silver Queen'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sir John Charrington'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sirsson'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sister Anne'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Spitfire'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Spring Cream'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sunrise'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sunset'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Velvet Fascination'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'White Coral'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Winter Chocolate'
Common Scotch heather
Campanula carpatica
Carpathian Tussock bellflower, Carpathian harebell
Campanula carpatica 'Rapido Blue'
Carpathian Tussock bellflower, Carpathian harebell
Campanula glomerata 'Freya'
Clustered bellflower, Danesblood bellflower
Campanula lactiflora 'Alba'
White flowered milky bellflower
Campanula latiloba 'Highcliffe Variety'
Olympic bellflower
Canna 'Australia'
Canna lily
Canna 'Banana Punch'
Canna lily
Canna 'Chocolate Sunrise'
Canna lily
Canna 'Empire'
Dwarf canna lily
Canna 'Happy Carmen'
Dwarf canna lily
Canna 'Happy Cleo'
Dwarf canna lily
Canna 'Happy Emily'
Dwarf canna lily
Canna 'Happy Wilma'
Dwarf canna lily
Canna 'Salmon Beauty'
Canna lily