Sandy soil plants
Sandy soil is typically light and easy to dig, water and nutrients drain through it quickly after rain so it gets dry. It warms up more quickly in spring, so plants get going faster. Some plants get on well and for easy gardening, it's best to stick to these.
Bamboos
5 plants
Climbing plants
47 plants
Grasses
54 plants
Perennials - autumn flowering
167 plants
Perennials - spring flowering
127 plants
Perennials - summer flowering
46 plants
Perennials - winter flowering
5 plants
Roses
57 plants
Shrubs (bushes) and structural plants
110 plants
Soft fruit - bushes, plants and vines
27 plants
Trees
20 plants
All plants (598)
Salvia Oriental Dove = 'Dysmau'
Perennial sage
Salvia Regal® Lavender = 'Dysvend'
Hybrid sage
Salvia Regal® Rose = 'Dysose'
Hybrid sage
Salvia Regal® Salmon = 'Dyssar'
Hybrid sage
Salvia Sallyrosa™ April Night = 'Dsalrs203'
Ornamental sage
Salvia Sunshine Dream = 'Dysyel'
Hybrid sage
Salvia Tropicolour Carmine = 'Troprd24'
Sage
Salvia Tropicolour Claret = 'Tropdwn24'
Sage
Salvia Tropicolour Sunrise = 'Tropog021'
Sage
Salvia verticillata Blue Metallica = 'Pinica'
Lilac sage
Salvia x superba 'April Night'
Garden sage
Salvia x sylvestris 'Blue By You'
Woodland sage
Sambucus nigra f. laciniata
Fern leaved elder, Cut leaved elder, Parsley leaved elder, Common elder, Black elder, Bourtree, European elder
Sasa palmata
Palmate bamboo
Sasa palmata f. nebulosa
Palmate bamboo
Sasa veitchii
Silver edged sasa, Kuma Zasa, Kuma bamboo grass
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Apple White'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Cherry Blossom'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Rose Pink'
Saxifrage
Scabiosa incisa 'Kudo Pink'
Pincushion flower
Sedum 'Coral Jade'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Globe Purple'
Stonecrop
Sedum 'Spellbound'
Stonecrop
Sempervivum arachnoideum Arctic White = 'Belsemcob2'
Cobweb house leek
Sidalcea hybrida 'Schimmer'
Prairie mallow
Silene hybrid 'Sparkling Rose'
Campion
Spiraea japonica 'Candlelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Stipa
Needle grass, Spear grass, Feather grass
Stipa calamagrostis
Silver spike grass, Silver spear grass
Stipa tenuifolia
Slender leaved needle flower
Stipa tenuissima
Mexican hair grass, Mexican feather grass
Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Kew Beauty'
Bamboo
Tricyrtis formosana Pink Freckles = 'INNOTRIPF'
Toad lily
Tricyrtis hirta 'Akashan Daisy'
Japanese toad lily
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Patriot'
Blueberry patriot
Vaccinium floribundum
Bilberry
Vaccinium glaucoalbum
Bilberry, White leaf viburnum
Vaccinium ovatum
Californian huckleberry, Evergreen huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
Californian huckleberry, Evergreen huckleberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Lingonberry, Mountain cranberry, Cowberry
Verbascum 'Gainsborough'
Mullein
Verbascum phoeniceum Citrus Champagne = 'VBB1'
Mullein
Verbena 'Little Annie'
Vervain
Vitis 'Brant'
Eating & wine grape
Vitis 'Cabernet Sauvignon'
Grape vine
Vitis 'Lakemont seedless'
Grape vine