Plants for clay soil

• Amsonia Blue Star (Zones 5-9)
• Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed (Zones 4-9)
• Aster (various) Aster (Zones 4-
• Coreopsis Tickseed (Zones 4-
• Echinacea purpurea Coneflower (Zones 3-9)
• Eryngium yuccifolium Sea Holly (Zones 5-10)
• Helianthus angustifolius Swamp Sunflower (Zones 6-9)
• Helianthus x laetiflorus False Sunflower (Zones 5-9)
• Heliopsis helianthoides Ox Eye (Zones 4-9)
• Hemerocallis Daylily (Zones 3-10)
• Liatris pycnostachya Kansas Gayfeather (Zones 4-9)
• Liatris spicata Blazing Star, Gayfeather (Zones 4-9)
• Monarda fistulosa Wild Bee Balm (Zones 3-9)
• Ratibida pinnata Drooping Coneflower (Zones 3-10)
• Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy (Zones 3-7)
• Sedum 'Autumn Joy' (Zones 3-10)
• Silphium integrifolium Prairie Dock (Zones 4-7)
• Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant (Zones 5-9)
• Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant (Zones 5-9)
• Solidago Goldenrod (zones 5-9)
• Vernonia noveboracensis Ironweed (Zones 5-9)
• Yucca filamentosa Adam's Needle (Zones 5-10)
Ornamental Grasses Suited for Clay Soils
• Acorus gramiineus Grassy-leaved Sweet Flag (Zones 10-11)
• Andropogon gerardi Big Bluestem (Zones 2-7)
• Elymus canadensis Canadian Wild Rye (Zones 3-
• Miscanthus sinensis Eulalia Grass (Zones 4-9)
• Panicum virgatum Switch Grass (Zones 5-9)
• Pennisetum (various) Fountain Grass (Zones 6-9)
• Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass, Wood Grass (Zones 5-
• Spartina pectinata Prairie Cord Grass (Zones 4-7)

what a fantastic list!

My first house was on a horrible black clay lot. Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) and cannas did quite well without any real attention paid to them.

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