Growing Plants in Clay Soil?

joan pecsek
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April 13, 20090 found this helpful

Roses. They love a heavy soil like clay. It holds the water in, roses are heavy drinkers.

kathleen williams
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April 13, 20090 found this helpful

Tomatoes do very good in clay soil. Wish I had some here in AL, good luck.

gbk

April 17, 20090 found this helpful

I agree with 587 and add hostas of all kinds to that.

Carol Swanson

April 20, 20090 found this helpful

I live in zone 5b of Pennsylvania. I also have clay soil. I find that plants termed "invasive" in other areas do well for me here. I suggest old fashioned daylilies, hosta, lamium (dead nettle), azaleas and rhododendrons, purple (or other colored) coneflowers, phlox, creeping phlox, liatris, fairy roses, iris, mints, primroses, narcissus, crocus, goldenrod, and others you can find by websearch like Google.

Best of luck.