PLSC Soil Conditions

Herbaceous Landscape Plants and their soil conditions

Asclepias incarnata

average to wet soil

Asclepias tuberosa

average to dry, tolerates sand

Hibiscus moscheutos

average to wet

Kniphofia uvaria

moist but well drained

Lobelia cardinalis

average to wet

Lobelia siphilitica

average to wet

Phlox paniculata

average soil moisture

Physostegia virginiana

average to moist, well-drained

Pycnanthemum muticum

moist, well drained

Senna marlandica

average to dry soil

Thalictrum rochebrunianum

average to moist

"Buddleja davidii

(pronounced 'budlia')"

average to dry

Cephalanthus occidentalis

average to wet

Hibiscus syriacus

average garden soil

Lonicera sempervirens

average, moist but well drained

Vitex agnus-castus

average garden soil

Legerstroemia indica

wet to average soil

Hydrangea quercifolia

well drained soil

Hydrangea paniculata

moist, well drained soil

Hydrangea macrophylla

moist, well drained soil

Hydrangea arborenscens

well-drained soil

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

average soil moisture

Symphyotrichum laeve

average to dry soil

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

dry to average soil

Symphyotrichum ericoides

dry to average soil

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

moist, well drained to dry

Rudbeckia fulgida

moist, well drained

Heuchra villosa

moist, well drained

Geranium Rozanne

moist, organic soil with good drainage

Eurybia divericata

average to dry soil

Echinacea purpurea

dry to medium moisture

Conoclinium coelestinum

moist, flood resistant

Chelone lyonii

moist to wet

Chelone glabra

Moist soil needed

Achillea millefolium

average to dry soil

Vernonia noveboracensis

average to wet soil

Vernonia lettermannii

average to dry soil

Hypericum "Hidecote"

average to dry soil

Hypericum frondosum

average to dry soil

Hypericum kalmianum

average to dry soil

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

dry but very adaptable

Abelia x grandiflora

Consistently moist, well-drained soil; Occasional periods of dry soil

Solidago sphacelata

dry to average soil

Solidago rugosa

moist, well-drained soil

Solidago caesia

moist, well-drained; occasionally dry

Solidago flexicaulis

dry to average soil

Scutellaria incana

dry to moist, well-drained soil

Salvia guaranitica

average to moist, well-drained soil

Platycodon grandiflorus

average, well-drained soil

Matteuccia struthiopteris

"acidic, wet to moist soil, peaty

and/or sandy"

Helianthus angustifolius

average to wet

Hakonechloa macra

average to moist, well-drained

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’

moist, well-drained

Coreopsis rosea

well-drained, consistently moist soil

Anemone x hybrida

moist, well-drained, fertile soil

Crataegus viridis

Dry to medium, well drained soil, tolerate drought, clay soil

Agastache foeniculum

average soil moisture

Callicarpa americana

average, well-drained soil

Callicarpa dichotoma

medium moisture, well-drained soil

Carex grayi

average to wet

Cotoneaster salicifolius

moist, well-drained

Epimedium x rubrum

well-drained

Eutrochium Species

average to wet

Heuchra cultivars

average to moist

Hosta cultivars

average to moist

Hosta plantaginea

moist, well-drained

Hylotelephium telephium

dry to average

Leucanthemum x superbum

moist, well-drained

Liatris spicata

"wet soil in spring and summer,

dry soil in winter"

Monarda didyma

average to wet

Monarda puncata

dry, sandy soils

Perovskia atriplicifolia

dry to average, well-drained

Ratibida pinnata

moist, well-drained

Ruellia humilis

dry to medium

Sempervivum tectorum

dry to medium

Verbena hastata

moist to wet

Adiantum pedatum

average soil moisture; well-drained soil

Athyrium felix-femina

moist, well-drained soil

Athyrium nipponicum

medium soil moisture

Dennstaedtia punctiloba

medium soil moisture

Dryopteris erythrosora

medium to wet soils

Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis

medium to wet soils

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

medium to wet soils

Polystichum acrostichoides

dry to medium, well-drained soils

Acer griseum

average soil moisture

Acer palmatum

moist, well-drained soil

Carpinus caroliniana

medium soil moisture

Euonymus americanus

moist, well-drained soil

Fraxinus americana

average to medium soil (?)

Gleditsia triacanthos

average soil moisture

Gymnocladus dioicus

average soil, loam

Liriodendron tulipfera

moist, well-drained soil

Ostrya virginiana

average, medium well-drained soil

Rosa "Radrazz" Knockout

medium, well-drained loams

Amsonia hubrichtii

average, medium well-drained soil

Opuntia humifusa

dry to average soil

Acer saccharum

moist to average soil