Poor Soil Plants - Displayed by Common Name in Ascending Order

Anemone (Snowdrop)

Anemone sylvestris

Madonna

Anemone 'Madonna' is a delightful spring bloomer with delicate charm and an iron constitution. It colonizes by spreading rhizomes where it is happy, so give...

9"-12"

12"-18"

3-8

Sunjoy® Gold Beret ('Talago')

Barberry (Golden)

Berberis thunbergii

A unique dwarf, low, mounding golden barberry with attractive red new growth and red fall color. Proven to be burn resistant in side by side...

12"-18"

18"-24"

4-7

3 Gallon

Sunjoy® Syrah ('Hellen')

Paint it black! This new barberry's purple-black foliage shines as it provides low-maintenance, season-long color to gardens. Its upright habit is good for hedging. This...

48"-5'

48"-6'

4-8

3 Gallon

Beardtongue

Penstemon x mexicale

Carillo™ Purple

Masses of lavender flowers with white throats. This penstemon hybrid produces cheerful upright displays of tubular, white-throated flowers on shorter bushy mounded plants. Got Hummingbirds?...

8"-10"

10"-12"

5-9

Carillo™ Red

Fiery color will turn heads! Winner of the 2014 Fleuroselect Gold Medal Award. Judges were impressed by the masses of fuchsia red flowers. This penstemon...

8"-10"

10"-12"

5-9

Carillo™ Rose

Masses of lavender flowers with white throats. This penstemon hybrid produces cheerful upright displays of tubular, white-throated flowers on shorter bushy mounded plants. Got Hummingbirds?...

8"-10"

10"-12"

5-9

Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

10.

Bergamo

'Bergamo' is a winner of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal, Europe's Top Honor! This new Dutch Monarda variety banishes mildew even in rainy or humid climates,...

20"-28"

15"-18"

4-9

Bradburn's Eastern Beebalm

Bee Balm (Eastern)

Monarda bradburiana

11.

Monarda bradburiana is a central US native (Iowa south to Texas) deserving of much more widespread acclaim. First, Monarda bradburiana is a deciduous clump-former that...

16"-18"

24"-36"

5-8

Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy

Rudbeckia hirta

12.

Cherry Brandy

A welcome color addition - deep maroon red with a dark center. Flowers are 3-4" across and produced all summer, even in poor soils.

5C-North

24"

12"

5-8

Blue Fescue (Idaho)

Festuca idahoensis

13.

Siskiyou Blue

The slate blue, narrow leaves of this cultivar are longer and more arching than the species, giving it a graceful look in the garden. Its...

10"-14"

8"-16"

4-9

Blue Star

Amsonia tabernaemontana

14.

Storm Cloud

Native perennials are trending, and Bluestar is the classic North American perennial! ‘Storm Cloud’ is a very exciting new variety that performs well for...

24"-30"

38"-42"

4-9

1 Gallon

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium

15.

Devon Skies

Although though Sisyrinchium is referred to as a "Blue Eyed Grass", it is actually not an ornamental grass. The grass-like foliage forms compact clumps...

4"-6"

10"-12"

5-10

1 Gallon White

Bluestem (Big)

Andropogon gerardii

16.

Big Bluestem

North American native. Strongly upright blue-green clumper. Copper and maroon tones accent the grass all winter.

5'-8'

4-8

17.

Indian Warrior

‘Indian Warrior’ forms a tall, strictly upright clump of green foliage that begins to take on dusky purple tones as early as midsummer. In late summer,...

5'-6'

18"-24"

3-9

Canaan Fir; Bracted Balsam Fir

Canaan Fir; Bracted Balsam Fir

Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis

18.

Canaan fir is an attractive medium-sized tree generally reaching 40-55 feet in height and 20-25 feet in width. It exhibits a relatively dense, pyramidal crown...

n/a

40'-55'

20'-25'

4-9

5 Gallon

Chokeberry (Black)

Aronia melanocarpa

19.

Low Scape® Mound ('UCONNAM165')

The perfect landscape plant! As cute as a button yet tough as nails, this innovative dwarf aronia may be the closest thing yet to a perfect...

SA-16

12"-24"

24"-36"

3-9

3 Gallon

Clematis (large flower)

Clematis

20.

Red Star

This rare Japanese Clematis is unique in that it produces fully double, 4-6” flowers both times that it blooms during the season, first in early...

48"-6'

36"-48"

4-8

10" Green w/ Trellis

Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

21.

Cheyenne Spirit

This stunning first-year flowering echinacea captures the spirit of the North American plains by producing a delightful mix of flower colors from rich purple, pink,...

22"-30"

18"-28"

4-9

22.

Hot Papaya

A breakthrough in Echinacea breeding! From mid through late summer, highly fragrant, 3 inch, spicy red-orange flowers bloom with a papaya orange halo in the...

12C-North

30"-36"

24"-30"

4-9

23.

Raspberry Truffle

The new ‘Raspberry Truffle’ offers a completely different shade of coneflower we haven’t seen until now. Imagine a deliciously fragrant, strawberry peach smoothie with a...

28"-32"

20"-24"

5-9

Cosmos

Cosmos bipinnatus

24.

Sonata™ Carmine

With an elegant, compact shape and a bloom-heavy nature, Sonata Carmine packs more color per inch than most Cosmos! The very full, well-branched plants grow...

24"

12"-16"

n/a

Flat (48-Count)

Curry Plant

Helichrysum italicum

25.

Curry Plant

This plant is called Curry plant because of the strong smell of its leaves. The plant produces an oil from its blossoms which is used...

n/a

16"

30"

7-10

Daylily

Hemerocallis hybrid

26.

Baby Moon Café

Similar in appearance to the highly regarded daylily ‘Custard Candy’, this cultivar offers a higher bud count on more well-branched scapes, fragrant blossoms, and a...

n/a

22"

18"-24"

3-9

27.

Bright Sunset

Daylily 'Bright Sunset' has very fragrant, 6" wide flowers with burnt coppery-orange petals, a golden orange band and midrid, and a small, deep green throat....

n/a

36"

18"-24"

3-9

28.

Raspberry Suede

Aptly named, the unusually smooth, velvety texture of this daylily is very much like suede. The large 5" flowers are a unique shade of...

n/a

28"

18"-24"

3-9

Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis

29.

Yuki Cherry Blossom™

It took ten years to develop the first-ever Nikko-type deutzia with pink flowers. That's right, pink flowers on a low spreading deutzia. A shower of...

SC-8

12"-24"

5-8

3 Gallon

Dwarf Garden Rue

Ruta graveolens

30.

Blue Mound

Gorgeous, ferny silvery-blue mounded foliage plant. A great accent plant with interesting texture that looks good all season long. Small yellow flowers in late summer...

12"-15"

8"-12"

5-9

Elm (Frontier)

Ulmus x

31.

Frontier Elm

Single trunked, upright-pyramidal tree with proven superior resistance to Dutch elm disease. Smooth, grey-green bark and remarkable fall foliage colors of red-purple. Released in 1990,...

n/a

40'

30'

5 Gallon

Fern (Branford Beauty)

Athyrium x

32.

Branford Beauty

A stunning addition to the Athyrium genus, 'Branford Beauty' is an interspecific hybrid of the Japanese Painted Fern (A. niponicum 'Pictum') and the red stemmed...

n/a

24"

3-8

Fern (Japanese Painted - Giant)

Athyrium niponicum

33.

Godzilla

Like Athyrium n. ‘Pictum’ on steroids, this giant painted fern was discovered at Plant Delights Nursery in the mid-90s and is thought to be a...

n/a

36"

48"-6'

3-8

Flat Sea Holly

Eryngium planum

34.

Blue Glitter

Distinctive flower display provides an interesting touch. Ideal choice for bed, borders, and cutting gardens. Actually performs better in poor, infertile soil.

36"-40"

18"

n/a

Golden Marguerite (Dwarf)

Anthemis tinctoria

35.

Charme

Charming, 1" wide, bright yellow flowers appear in early summer and may continue to rebloom until early fall if deadheaded.

The finely cut, feathery foliage forms...

12"-16"

20"-24"

3-9

Hens and Chicks

Sempervivum hybrid

36.

Purple Beauty

'Purple Beauty' sports medium sized, semi-open rosettes of succulent leaves with deep purple tips and green centers. This color may vary from season to season.

n/a

3"-4"

6"-8"

3-8

Sky Pointer ('Farrowone')

Holly (Japanese)

Ilex crenata

37.

Add some architecture to your garden or decorative container with this narrow, conical seedling of ‘Sky Pencil’ Holly. Shiny, dark evergreen leaves and tight upright...

n/a

48"-5'

24"-36"

6-7

Jewel of Desert™ Amethyst

Honeysuckle (Japanese)

Lonicera japonica

38.

Hall's

Outstanding vine, perfect as cover for fences, walls or as a shrubby groundcover. Whitish-yellow flowers add delightful fragrance to summer landscapes. Tolerates poor soils. Prune...

6'-20'

48"-6'

4-9

10" Green w/ Trellis

Ice Plant

Delosperma cooperi

39.

This forms a low carpet or mat of succulent, green leaves bearing loads of starry flowers. Petals are pink around the perimeter surrounding a bright...

4"-6"

10"-12"

4-9

40.

Jewel of Desert™ Garnet

The 2" flowers on 'Garnet' are daisy-shaped and so bright, with petals that shade from deep red to pink surrounding white and yellow centers. Ideal...

4"-6"

8"-10"

4-8

41.

Jewel of Desert™ Peridot

Delosperma Jewel of Desert Peridot illuminates the summer garden with long lasting, cheerful-yellow blooms. This Ice Plant is heat-tolerant and grows in almost any sunny...

4"-6"

6"-8"

4-8

Jewel of Desert™ Rosequartz

42.

This forms a low carpet or mat of succulent, green leaves bearing loads of starry flowers. Petals are rose-pink with a white inner halo surrounding...

4"-6"

6"-8"

4-9

43.

Jewel of Desert™ Ruby

Bright, multi-colored flowers are fringed with ruby red tips. Forms a dense, weed smothering mat, perfect as ground cover or accent for rock garden or...

4"-6"

8"-10"

4-8

44.

Jewel of Desert™ Topaz

This forms a low carpet or mat of succulent, green leaves bearing loads of starry flowers. Petals are orange around the perimeter surrounding a white...

4"-6"

6"-8"

4-9

Juniper

Juniperus communis

45.

Gold Cone

This common juniper cultivar is an upright, narrow, columnar, evergreen shrub which features golden new growth foliage. Awl-shaped new growth foliage emerges bright gold in...

n/a

36"-5'

12"-24"

5-7

2 Gallon

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe pumila

46.

Silver Gray

Silvery gray leaves with toothed margins at the tips; leaves have a rosy tint, very heat tolerant

6"-10"

9-11

6" Green

Lavender (English)

Lavandula angustifolia

47.

Blue Lance

Very showy, thick and full purple flower spikes even before flowers open. Wide, dark purple buds open to lighter lavender flowers. Compact and uniform grower...

9"-11"

12"-14"

5-9

48.

French Perfume

The grey-green foliage forms a compact, uniform, rounded mound topped with deep purple flowers beginning in midsummer. The flowers are intensely fragrant, carrying an...

12"-16"

5-9

49.

Platinum Blonde

Update your lavender collection with this top notch variegated form. Soft grey-green leaves are accented by wide, creamy yellow margins which are showy even from...

16"-24"

18"

5-9

Lily (Asiatic)

Lilium (Asiatic)

50.

Red Twin

This Lily has the appearance of a petite candy-striped bloom growing inside of the big, red-orange outer bloom.

An electrifying display piece for a large container,...

36"-40"

18"-24"

3-9

Maiden Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

51.

Oktoberfest

‘Oktoberfest’ is the gold standard in Miscanthus. The wide, deep green leaves with a white midrib form a narrowly upright tower about 4 ½’ tall...

12C-South

6'-7'

36"-48"

5-9

Maidenhair Tree

Ginkgo biloba

52.

Autumn Gold®

'Autumn Gold' is an all-male cultivar typically growing at maturity to 40-50' with a symmetrical, broadly spreading habit. Leaves turn a uniform golden yellow in...

n/a

40'-45'

30'-35'

3-8

7 Gallon

Mangave

Mangave

53.

Mission to Mars

A common nickname for Mars is the Red Planet, and this Mangave gets its moniker due to the unique, intense red coloration from the leaves....

n/a

8"-10"

20"-22"

8-10

Maple (Sugar)

Acer saccharum

54.

Legacy

Legacy Sugar Maple is a deciduous tree with fantastic ornamental qualities. It is most valued for its displays of blazing red/orange fall color. Plant one...

n/a

40'-50'

30'-40'

4-8

7 Gallon

Milkweed (Common)

Asclepias syriaca

55.

Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed is the sole source of food for Monarch butterfly larvae.

n/a

24"-36"

9"-12"

3-9

6" Green

Moss Rose

Portulaca oleracea

56.

Sundial™ Gold

Spreading, succulent plant with golden-yellow blooms all summer.

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

57.

Sundial™ Mango

Thrives under the worst conditions! Head, drought, and poor soil seem to make this durable gem become even more colorful!

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

58.

Sundial™ Mix

Spreading, succulent plant with lavish display of colorful flowers all summer.

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

59.

Sundial™ Passion Fruit

n/a

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

60.

Sundial™ Peach

n/a

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

61.

Sundial™ Peppermint

Spreading, succulent plant with a lavish display of double pink flowers all summer.

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

62.

Sundial™ Pink

Spreading, succulent plant with lavish display of bright pink blooms all summer.

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

63.

Sundial™ Scarlet

Spreading, succulent plant with scarlet-red blooms all summer.

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

64.

Sundial™ Tropical Fruit

n/a

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

65.

Sundial™ White

Spreading, succulent plant with sparkling white blooms all summer.

4"-5"

12"-15"

9-11

Flat (48-Count)

Mount Atlas Daisy

Anacyclus depressus

66.

Spring Carpet

A cute little daisy for the rock garden, forming a low mat of very fine, ferny, grey-green leaves. Short stems of white daisies appear in...

4"-6"

12"-16"

n/a

Mum (Garden)

Chrysanthemum

67.

Mammoth™ Coral Daisy

Chrysanthemum 'Mammoth Coral Daisy' makes a burst of coral-pink flowers in the landscape. The colorful flowers are semi-double, daisy-like blooms that have yellow centers and...

9C-North

20"-36"

35"-48"

3-9

68.

Mammoth™ Red Daisy

Semi-double blooms are bright red with perfect round yellow disks. Very hardy and dense-mounded - no need to prune deadhead. Red mums are a must...

n/a

20"-36"

20"-48"

3-9

69.

Mammoth™ Yellow Quill

Bright yellow quilled daisies with unusual spoon-shaped ray florets. Very hardy and dense-mounded - no need to prune or deadhead. Yellow daisies blend with sedums...

n/a

Mum (Spoon)

70.

Matchsticks

An incredibly suitable name for such a hot plant! This fantastic quilled mum has spoon shaped petals that are golden yellow with fire red...

18"-24"

5-9

Nasturtium

Tropaeoleum majus

71.

Alaska Mix

Gold, orange, salmon, and mahoganey flowers cover the compact variegated foliage. Nasturtiums are edible - the flowers and tender young leaves add a peppery ziip...

10"-12"

8"-10"

9-11

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

72.

Tiny Wine® ('SMPOTW')

A new dwarf ninebark that is smaller than others on the market. Tiny Wine is extra bushy, with small, refined leaves. The dark bronze-maroon foliage...

36"-48"

48"-5'

3-7

3 Gallon

Oleander

Nerium oleander

73.

Oleander

Oleander is a tough, versatile plant with showy summertime flowers in white, red, pink, salmon and light yellow. Leathery, lance shaped leaves range from about...

n/a

48"-5'

24"-36"

9-11

10" Terra Cotta

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum

74.

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum is an attractive little prairie plant that easily makes the transition to a perennial border or rock garden to charm you with both...

6"-10"

12"-14"

3-7

Purple Heart

Setcreasea pallida

75.

Purple Variegata

The Setcreasea 'Purple Variegata' foliage plant has lance-shaped, vibrant pink and purple leaves. They are great for ground cover due to their fast, creeping habit....

12"-18"

16"-24"

4-11

Purslane (Rock)

Calandrinia hybrid

76.

Shining Pink™

Hot pink flowers dance high above blue-green foliage nearly year-round in mild climates! Tolerates regular watering if planted in well drained soil, yet thrives in...

8"-12"

12"-18"

9-11

1 Gallon

Rose Mallow

Hibiscus hybrid

77.

Mars Madness

This new Walters Gardens, Inc. Hibiscus introduction is out of this world with its unique foliage and flower color combination. Dark olive green leaves have...

10B-North

48"-52"

6'-6'6"

4-9

78.

Mocha Moon

With the combination of dark foliage and white flowers, you can’t go wrong with this Walters Gardens, Inc. Hibiscus introduction. Huge 7-8”, slightly cupped pure...

48"

5'6"-6'

4-9

79.

Plum Fantasy

This incredibly floriferous new Hibiscus sets buds at the top 6-7 nodes up the stems compared to the top 3-4 on average. Lipstick red...

53"-5'6"

4-9

80.

Starry Starry Night

Come see what all the fuss is about with this Walters Gardens, Inc. masterpiece, our darkest foliage Hibiscus to date. Incredibly dark, near-black, broad, maple-like...

10B-North

42"-48"

4-9

81.

Vintage Wine

We’ve come a long way from the tall, open habits of Hibiscus such as ‘Lord Baltimore’. From the Walters Gardens, Inc. Hibiscus hybridizing program is...

48"

4-9

Sea Holly

Eryngium alpinum

82.

Blue Star

This superb selection features large bristly flowers on strong stems, in a rich metallic blue shade.

27"-31"

18"-23"

3-9

Setcreasea

Setcreasea purpurea

83.

Pink Stripes

Setcreasea 'Pink Stripes' is a beautiful color and texture plant. This outstanding variegated foliage plant has deep purple succulent leaves and pink stripes. It is...

12"-18"

16"-24"

8-11

Spruce (Globe Blue Tree-Form)

Picea pungens

84.

Glauca Globosa

The most popular dwarf blue spruce, grown on a 2' standard. Closely set branches angle upward from the center. In spring, bright silvery blue shoots...

n/a

5'-7'

5'-6'

3-7

2 Gallon

Spruce (Globe Blue)

85.

Glauca Globosa

Compact, rounded to mound shaped with beautiful blue foliage. Valuable as an accent or specimen plant. Very slow growth.

n/a

36"-5'

5'-6'

3-7

2 Gallon

Stokes' Aster

Stokesia laevis

86.

Klaus Jelitto

Named by Allen Bush in honor of Klaus Jelitto, a well-known plantsman and seed specialist from western Germany. Powder blue flowers measuring 3-4 inches across...

12"-18"

8"-12"

5-9

Stonecrop

Sedum maximum

87.

Thunderhead

Huge, deep rose flower heads that look like summer thunderhead clouds. Very stout, upright stems are a mid-border marvel. Handsome, grey-green foliage is the perfect...

27"-30"

20"-24"

4-9

Sedum spurium coccineum

88.

Dragon's Blood Tricolor

Fleshy leaves have bright variegation. Clusters of rosy-pink flowers.

12"

4-8

Stonecrop (Orange)

Sedum kamtschaticum

89.

Variegatum

Striking cream-splashed variegated leaves form an attractive creeping groundcover, especially hot dry sites with poor soil. Clusters of orange-yellow star flowers bloom in summer aging...

10"-14"

4-9

Stonecrop (Spoon-leaved)

Sedum spathulifolium

90.

Purpureum

Purpureum forms a low, slow-spreading mat of powdery, purple-grey leaves. Bright yellow starry flowers appear in late summer. This alpine selection of Stonecrop is excellent...

4"-6"

8"-12"

5-9

Switch Grass (Blue)

Panicum virgatum

91.

Dallas Blues

Upright very blue foliage with wide blades. Pastel pink seed heads.

6'-8'

Tamarisk

Tamarix ramosissima

92.

Pink Cascade

An astonishing sight to behold! Masses of deep pink flowers create an ostrich plume effect in early summer. Light green foliage is juniper-like, but soft...

n/a

10'-15'

2-8

3 Gallon

Thrift (Sea)

Armeria pseudarmeria

93.

Joystick Mix

Abundant long-blooming flowers attract butterflies to the garden and are lovely in bouquets. Ideal for the rock garden, as a small-scale ground cover, or as...

15"

10"-12"

4-9

Thyme (Creeping)

Thymus serpyllum

94.

Pink Chintz

One of the first thymes to flower each year, this charming and reliable cultivar bursts into bloom in early spring with unique salmon-pink flowers. Its...

1"-2"

14"-18"

5-8

Thyme (English)

Thymus vulgaris

95.

English Thyme

An excellent deterrent to pests in the vegetable garden! Thyme is essential in French cooking, as well as in almost any American dish, including casseroles,...

12"-18"

18"-24"

5-9

Thyme (Lemon-Scented)

Thymus x citriodorus

96.

Silver Queen

'Silver Queen' is a lemon thyme cultivar that features leaves edged with silver. It is an erect, bushy, woody-based perennial that typically grows 4-12" tall...

4"-12"

6"-18"

5-8