The plants listed below will grow in clay soils as long as any special site requirements are met. Shrubs marked with an asterisk are particularly well-suited to clay soils.
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SHRUBS | |||
| Scientific name
* particularly well-suited to clay soil |
Common name | USDA zone | Comments |
| Amelanchier species | Serviceberry | 4 | |
| *Aronia melanocarpa | Chokeberry | 3 | |
| Berberis koreana | Korean barberry | 4 | Avoid wet soils |
| Berberis thunbergii | Green barberry | 4 | Avoid wet soils |
| *Caragana arborescens | Siberian peashrub | 3 | |
| *Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | 4 | |
| *Cornus alba | Tatarian dogwood | 3 | |
| Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda dogwood | 4 | Needs moist, acidic soils |
| *Cornus racemosa | Grey dogwood | 3 | |
| *Cornus sericea | Red osier dogwood | 3 | |
| Diervilla lonicera | Dwarf bush-honeysuckle | 3 | |
| *Elaeagnus angustifolia | Russian olive | 2 | |
| *Elaeagnus commutata | Silverberry | 2 | |
| Euonymus alatus | Burning bush | 3 | Needs well-drained soils |
| Euonymus europaeus | European euonymus | 4 | Needs well-drained soils |
| *Forsythia x 'Meadowlark' | 'Meadowlark' forsythia | 3 | |
| *Forsythia x 'Northern Sun' | 'Northern Sun' forsythia | 3 | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel | 4 | |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | 4 | Needs acidic soils |
| Juniperus species (most) | Juniper | 3 | Needs well-drained soils |
| *Lonicera species | Honeysuckle | 3-4 § | |
| *Physocarpus opulifolius | Common ninebark | 2 | |
| *Potentilla Fruticosa | Potentilla | 2 | |
| *Rhamnus frangula | Glossy buckthorn | 4 | |
| Rhus species | Sumac | 2 | Prefers well-drained soils |
| *Ribes alpinum | Alpine currant | 2 | |
| *Ribes odoratum | Clove currant | 2 | |
| Rosa rugosa | Rugosa rose | 2 | |
| *Salix species | Willow | 2 | |
| Sambucus canadensis | American elderberry | 3 | |
| Sambucus pubens | Scarlet elder | 4 | |
| Spiraea species | Spirea | 3-4 § | Needs well-drained soils |
| *Symphoricarpos albus | White snowberry | 3 | |
| *Syringa species | Lilac | 2 | |
| *Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae, white cedar | 3 | |
| *Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood viburnum | 3 | Prefers well-drained soils |
| *Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry viburnum | 2 | |
| *Viburnum opulus | European cranberrybush | 3 | |
| *Viburnum sargentii | Sargent viburnum | 4 | |
*Viburnum trilobum |
Highbush cranberrybush | 2 | |