Click below to listen to my Garden Bite radio show: Clay soil
Who hasn’t had THIS dilemma somewhere in the midwest? Clay soil! When people ask how they can change their clay soil, I tell them the real question is WHAT can I plant in clay soil?
It’s always a great idea to add compost or manure to your soil but to try to change the basic soil structure is nearly impossible and a lot of work. So….
Clay soil tolerant perennials:
- Daylilies offer loads of choices with differing bloom color, heights and bloom time
- Russian Sage
- Columbine – lovely in part shady areas
- Liatris prefers full sun
- Sedum with a large selection of choices too
- Purple Coneflower
- Black-eyed Susan
- Monarda aka Bee Balm
- New England aster
- wild cranesbill
- Grasses include ‘Karl Forester’ and ‘Little Bluestem’
Clay tolerant shrubs:
- lilacs
- Dogwood ‘Redosier’
- Black Chokeberry
- Dwarf bush honeysuckle
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