Best Plants for Sandy Soil in Full Sun
These full sun lovers will give you a variety of color and long lasting stamina through the heat of the sunny summer days.
- Bearded Iris (Iris germanica) – Zone 3-9
- Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) – Zone 4-9
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) – Zone 4-10
- Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) – Zone 6-9
- Phlox (Phlox) – Zone 4-8
- Salvia (Salvia nemorosa) – Zone 4-9
- Sedum (Sedum) – Zone 3-9
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Plants for Sandy Soil in Shade
These plants will perform well in those deeper, shady corners of the border or in the understory of the forest floor.
- Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) – Zone 3-9
- Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) – Zone 3-8
- Larkspur (Delphinium tricorne) – Zone 4-8
- Hosta (Hosta) – Zone 3-9
- Yarrow (Achillea) – Zone 3-9
- Daylily (Hemerocallis) – Zone 2-9
- Foxglove (Digitalis) – Zone 3-8
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