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)
Sanguisorba 'Plum Drops'
Burnet
Sanguisorba 'White Brushes'
Burnet
Sasa palmata
Palmate bamboo
Sasa palmata f. nebulosa
Palmate bamboo
Sasa veitchii
Silver edged sasa, Kuma Zasa, Kuma bamboo grass
Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata'
White striped bamboo, White striped shiya-zasa
Sasaella ramosa
Azuma zasa
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Tessy'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Thea'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Tiana'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Tini'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Toni'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Mount Nachi'
Autumn saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Rubrifolia'
Autumn saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Apple White'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Cherry Blossom'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Rose Pink'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga fortunei
Autumn saxifrage
Saxifraga Mossy Group - pink and white-flowered
Saxifrage, Mossy saxifrage
Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'
Caucasian scabious, Pincushion flower
Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'
Caucasian scabious, Pincushion flower
Scabiosa incisa 'Kudo Pink'
Pincushion flower
Sedum 'Conga Line'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Coral Jade'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Globe Purple'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'La Vie En Rose'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Lime Zinger'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Rocky'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Spellbound'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Xenon'
Stonecrop
Sedum Plum Dazzled = 'Pldaz2018'
Stonecrop
Sedum sieboldii 'Dragon'
October plant, October daphne, Misebaya
Sedum spectabile 'Pina Colada'
Stonecrop
Sempervivum arachnoideum Arctic White = 'Belsemcob2'
Cobweb house leek
Senecio polyodon 'Vivid Violet'
Pink ragwort
Sesleria autumnalis
Autumn Moor Grass
Shibataea kumasaca
Okame-zasa, Bamboo
Sidalcea hybrida 'Schimmer'
Prairie mallow
Silene Glittering Fountain = 'Siltain'
Campion
Silene hybrid 'Sparkling Rose'
Campion
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Candlelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stipa
Needle grass, Spear grass, Feather grass
Stipa calamagrostis
Silver spike grass, Silver spear grass
Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'
Golden oats, Giant oats, Giant feather grass