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)
Salvia elegans 'Tangerine'
Pineapple sage, Honey melon sage
Salvia microphylla 'Blue Monrovia'
Salvia splendens 'Sizzler Red'
Scarlet sage
Saxifraga fortunei 'Rubrifolia Nana'
Autumn saxifrage
Sesleria heufleriana
Balkan blue grass, Green moor grass
Spiraea japonica Walberton's Plumtastic = 'Walplum'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Lemon Star'
Black-eyed Susan, Clock vine
Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Pink Beauty'
Black-eyed Susan, Clock vine
Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Susie Brownie'
Black-eyed Susan, Clock vine
Tiarella 'Angel Wings'
Foam flower
Trifolium pratense
Red clover, Bee bread, Broad-leaved clover
Trifolium repens
White clover, Creeping clover, Dutch clover
Vinca minor 'Josefine'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Verino'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Viola 'Beshlie'
Pansy
Viola 'Fruits of the Forest'
Pansy
Viola 'Jewel Orange'
Pansy
Viola 'Jewel Yellow'
Pansy
Viola 'Maggie Mott'
Pansy
Viola 'Penny Orange Jump Up'
Pansy
Viola 'Penny White Jump Up'
Pansy
Viola 'Sorbet Yellow Frost'
Pansy
Vitis vinifera 'Madeleine Angevine'
Grape vine
Vitis vinifera 'Triomphe d'Alsace'
Grape vine