Please note the plants below cover both sun & shade options – the final plants you receive may vary a little depending on season and availability, but without ever impacting the final result!
Clay Lovers
Price range: £52.00 through £156.00
Clay is one of the most common soils found in UK gardens, but it can be tricky for some plants that don’t like ‘getting their feet wet’ all the time. So, here’s a stunning collection of plants that are happy in clay and should really thrive, for both sun and shade aspects.
- Sun & Shade options available
- Colour palette of vibrant greens, soft pinks, whites & touches of purple
- Happy in clay soil, but also in other soil types too
- Plant as you like, or use our planting plan included with delivery for guidance
- Small pack (4 plants) suitable for 0.3m² space or larger. Medium pack (6 plants) suitable for 0.5m² space or larger. Large pack (12 plants) suitable for 1.2m² space or larger.
- Always delivered with established plants in 1.5 – 2 litre pots
What plants you can expect in your Clay Lovers collection
Pittosporum ‘Tom Thumb’
When grown in full sun, this compact, evergreen shrub has small, wavy, dark purple leaves and striking, dark grey or black young stems. With its distinctive rounded shape, and pretty leaves, this is brilliant, tidy shrub.
Persicaria affinis ‘Superba’
Low-spreading mats of neat green leaves, which may stay evergreen over winter, turn a rich russet brown. Spikes of pink flowers flourish over summer for lovely impact.
Geranium mac. ‘White-ness’
An undemanding, semi-evergreen ground cover with attractively divided, aromatic foliage, that may take on seasonal colour in autumn. In early to midsummer, this lovely perennial will also produce an abundance of small, pure white flowers.
Alchemilla mollis
No garden should be without this beautiful and useful perennial. It has scalloped, bright green leaves and from June to September, a frothy haze of tiny, chartreuse yellow flowers.
Aster x Frikartii ‘Monch’
A lovely, tall plant producing masses of smallish blue flowers in late summer and early autumn, so it’s invaluable for adding vibrant colour when other summer flowers are starting to fade.
Luzula nivea
Although it looks like a grass, it isn’t! Rather, it’s a spreading, clump-forming evergreen perennial. It has rich, green leaves, which contrast with pure white summer flowers held on tall stems.
Sarcococca confusa
A dense, winter-flowering evergreen shrub, bearing sweetly scented, pure white blooms, in contrast with dark green leaves. It’s extremely tolerant of shade and beautiful to the eye.
Astrantia major ‘Roma’
The staple of any Cottage garden, this Astrantia has sumptuous red-purple, pincushion flowers with pink-purple tips, crowded together in a dome-shaped flower cluster. Stunning.
Astilbe ‘Sprite’
Delicate, divided leaves start chocolate-bronze when young, slowly changing to a very dark green. From them arrive triangular sprays of pale pink, fluffy flowers. They last for weeks, imperceptibly deepening to chestnut and finally reddish-brown seed heads.
Polystichum setiferum
Commonly known as the Soft Shield Fern, it is a popular evergreen to semi-evergreen fern prized for its elegant, shuttlecock-like rosettes of lacy, tactile foliage. Native to Britain and parts of Europe.
