What plants ...flowers (if any) not shrubs are suited to clay soil? I have treated the rest of the soil in the

garden but want to experiment growing flowers in the clay soil at the end of my huge garden.

What plants ...flowers (if any) not shrubs are suited to clay soil? I have treated the rest of the soil in the
Here are just a few to get you started. Your local nurseries and garden centers will have flowers that do well in your area. Now is the time to buy them.



1. Flowering Annuals:



Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus)



California Poppy ( Eschscholzia californica)



Globe Amaranth ( Gomphrena globosa)



'Lady in Red' Salvia (Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red')



'Indigo Spires' salvia (Salvia x 'Indigo Spires')



Dahlberg Daisy ( Thymophylla tenuiloba)



Narrow Leaf Zinnia ( Zinnia angustifolia)



Larkspur ( Consolida ambigua)



Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)



Alyssum ( Lobularia maritima)



2. Flowering Perennials (3' Tall) :



Texas Gold Columbine

Aquilegia hinckleyana



Gaillardia

Gaillardia pulchella



Lantana

Lantana 'New Gold'



Four Nerve Daisy

Hymenoxys scaposa



Yarrow

Achillea spp



Mexican Petunia

Ruellia sp - Ruellia nudiflora



'May Night' Salvia

Salvia x superba



Mealycup Blue Sage

Salvia farinacea



Gaura

Gaura lindheimeri



Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata grandiflora



Zexmenia

Wedelia hispida



3. Flowering Perennials (%26gt;3' Tall):



Turk's Cap

Malvaviscus arboreus



Russian Sage

Perovskia atriplicifolia



Mexican Sage

Salvia leucantha



Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus mosheutos



Yellow Bells

Tecoma stans



Texas Star Hibiscus

Hibiscus coccineus



Flame Acanthus

Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii



Fall Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium



Butterfly Bush

Buddleia davidii



4. Groundcovers



Wintercreeper Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei



Green Santolina

Santolina virens



Grey Santolina

Santolina chamaecyparissus



Creeping Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis



Texas Frogfruit

Phyla nodiflora
Reply:I have heavy clay soil and it would be quite a lot of time, effort and money to properly amend it. I have added some fertilizer but the soil is still heavy clay. I try to grow plants that thrive in my soil. So far I have the following growing successfully in my garden in zone 5b--These like mostly sun but grow quite well with some shade: sedums (low-growing and taller varieties), coneflowers, perennial cranesbill, ladies mantle, peonies, forget-me-nots, perennial hollyhock, black-eyed-susan, daylillies, Asiatic lillies, pansies, violets, Kansas gayfeather, deadnettles, flowering raspberry (a shrub), ajuga (bugleweed), carpathian harebell, several varities of thyme, sweet william and winter Aconite.



The following like mostly shade but do well with some sun: creeping jenny (moneywort), hostas,bleeding heart (pink and white varities), columbines, primrose, lily-of-the-valley, and Lenten rose.



Other than the fertilizer I've added once, I simply sprinkle some bonemeal and top up the soil in the planting hole when putting in a new plant. I also sprinkle bonemeal around some of the fussier plants in the spring when new growth starts.
Reply:hibiscuses do like clay soil, also climbing roses tollerate "wet feet" or those occasionaly puddles you get from clay soil. also cannas dont mind and palms tollerate most soils