Plants for Sandy or Gravelly Soil

The following plants require free drainage and are generally drought tolerant. The range of plants that can be grown in dry sunny gardens can be enlarged if the soil is improved by the addition of organic matter.

1. Agapanthus (all)
2. Artemisia stelleriana 'Boughton Silver'
3. Bassia scoparia f. tricophylla
4. Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea Nana'
5. Bidens ferulifolia
6. Brachyscome iberidifolia Splendour Series
7. Buddleja (all)
8. Calendula officinalis 'Fiesta Gitana'
9. Calluna vulgaris (all)
10. Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'
11. Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Kew Blue'
12. Centaurea hypoleuca 'John Coutts'
13. Convolvulus sabatius
14. Convolvulus tricolor 'Royal Ensign'
15. Coreopsis verticillata 'Grandiflora'
16. Cotoneaster conspicuus 'Decorus'
17. Cotoneaster salicifolia 'Rothschildianus'
18. Crocus kotschyanus
19. Crocus speciosus
20. Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
21. Erica vagans 'Mrs D.F. Maxwell'
22. Erodium 'County Park'
23. Eryngium (all)
24. Euphorbia seguieriana subsp. niciciana
25. Festuca glauca 'Seeigel'
26. Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
27. Gaura lindheimeri
28. Genista aetnensis
29. Gypsophila (all)
30. Isotoma axillaris
31. Jithonia rotundifolia 'Goldfinger'
32. Juniperus communis 'Green Carpet'
33. Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
34. Knautia macedonica
35. Lagurus ovatus
36. Lavandula (all)
37. Lavatera trimestris 'Mont Blanc'
38. Lavatera trimestris 'Silver Cup'
39. Lavatera 'Barnsley'
40. Limonium sinuatum Forever Series
41. Nerine bowdenii
42. Oenothera macrocarpa
43. Origanum (all)
44. Origanum amanum
45. Pennisetum villosum
46. Perovskia 'Blue Spire'
47. Rhodanthemum hosmariense
48. Ruta graveolens 'Jackman's Blue'
49. Salvia viridis 'Oxford Blue'
50. Sedum (all)
51. Sempervivum tectorum
52. Stembergia lutea
53. Stipa gigantea
54. Tagetes (all)
55. Verbena bonariensis
56. Vitis 'Brant'
57. Xeranthemum annuum
58. Yucca gloriosa
59. Zauschneria califomica