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Ivydene Gardens Plants: Plants for Light Sandy Soils List
Light Sandy Soil is usually fairly infertile, and it also dries out quickly. In such cases, use drought-tolerant plants, such as ones that grow in dry soil conditions (see plants in the Dry section of the Moisture column of the soil type, aspect and moisture list page) and also do the following actions, since any nutrients in the soil are usually washed out very quickly.
Action to assist in Light Sandy soil maintenance:-
- Mulch the beds with a 4 inch (100mm) deep layer of Spent Mushroom Compost to improve fertility and drainage; preferably in the Autumn in between the existing plants, and top it up each year after that with a Bark Mulch instead (available from garden centres or Gardenscape). This will stop the Light Sandy soil from drying out through the action of sun and wind on its surface, and to provide carbon to aid in soil formation and fertility. Adding clay in water solution as a spray will also greater improve the soil texture.
- If starting a new lawn or bed, add the 4 inch layer of Spent Mushroom Compost mulch and rotavate that in. If you also add an inch deep of clay, before rotavating that in as well, then that will provide part of the glue in creating a better soil from the sand. Heel and rake the ground for a new turf (or to be seeded) lawn, before laying or seeding it. Insert plants in new bed, before installing the irrigation system and then applying a 4 inch layer of this mulch on top of it.
- Spread 5Kg of Dolodust (Dolomitic Lime), with 2Kg of Maxicrop Seaweed Meal over a 25 square yard or 25 square metre lawn area, each April. This will improve the fertility of the lawn by providing calcium and the trace elements (See What is Soil Texture Page and How are chemicals stored and released from soil Page in the Soil Section for further details). Spreading the same amount of Dolomitic Lime and Maxicrop Seaweed Meal on the flower/vegetable beds at the same time would also be beneficial.
The plants in the Light Sandy Soil Garden Use will be split into the following Soil Types:-
- Any
- Acid
- Alkaline
The garden use list is sorted in the following table under the following height of plant range:-
- Below 2 feet in height
Between 2 and 6 feet in height Above 6 feet in height
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Any Light Sandy Soil Plant below 2 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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0.5 x 1.5 0.5 x 1.5 0.7 x 1 0.5 x 0.5 0.5 x 0.5 0.5 x 0.5 0.5 x 0.5 0.3 x 1 0.2 x 1.5 1.5 x 1.5 1 x 3 1.5 x 1 1.5 x 1 0.5 x 1.5 1 x 1.5 1 x 0.5 1.25 x 1 1.3 x 3 0.2 x 2 0.8 x 1.5 0.7 x 1
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Alyssum montanum 'Mountain Gold' Alyssum wulfenianum Anemone apennina Anemone blanda 'Atrocaerulea' Anemone blanda 'Radar' Anemone blanda 'Violet Star' Anemone coronaria Anemone nemorosa Anemone ranunculoides Anemone sylvestris Anthemis punctata cupaniana Aquilegia alpina Aquilegia 'Crimson Star' Arabis caucasica 'Variegata' Artemesia schmidtiana Arum creticum Arundinaria fortunei (Pleioblastus auricomus) Arundinaria pygmae (Pleioblastus pygmaeus) Asarina procumbens Aster alpinus Aurinia saxatilis 'Citrinia'
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Evergreen Perennial Evergreen Perennial Deciduous Rhizome Deciduous Tuber Deciduous Tuber Deciduous Tuber Deciduous Tuber Herbaceous Perennial Deciduous Rhizome Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Alpine Evergreen Perennial Deciduous Tuber Bamboo Bamboo Evergreen Alpine Herbaceous Alpine Evergreen Alpine
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Any Light Sandy Soil Plant between 2-6 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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3 x 1.5 2 x 1.6 2.5 x 2 2 x 1.3 5 x 2 2.5 x 1 3 x 1 3 x 2 2 x 1.6 2.5 x 2.5 3 x 5 3 x 4 5 x 5 2.5 x 1.5 5 x 5 2.5 x 3 3 x 5 5 x 6 4 x 4 4 x 5 5 x 6 3 x 1 3 x 6 5 x 6 3 x 6
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Achillea clypeolata 'Coronation Gold' Achillea clypeolata 'Moonshine' Achillea ptmarmica 'The Pearl' Anemone hupehensis Anemone japonica 'Honorine Jobert' Anemone rivularis Antirrhinum majus Aquilegia chrysantha Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow' Artemesia abrotanum Artemesia arborescens Artemesia 'Powis Castle' Arundinaria auricoma(Pleioblastus auricomus) Aster x frikartii 'Monch' Berberis 'Chenaultii' Berberis calliantha Berberis wilsoniae Berberis x bristolensis Berberis x frikartii 'Amstelveen' Berberis x frikartii 'Telstar' Berberis x interposita 'Wallich's Purple' Borago officinalis Brachyglottis compacta Brachyglottis 'Dunedin Hybrids' Brachyglottis monroi
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Evergreen Perennial Evergreen Perennial Deciduous Rhizome Herbaceous Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Herbaceous Perennial Deciduous Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Sub-Shrub Bamboo Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Deciduous Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Herb Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Any Light Sandy Soil Plant above 6 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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15 x 10 28 x 25 25 x 25 60 x 25 11.5 x 2.5 10 x 3 13 x 3 12 x 12 8 x 10 8 x 8 8 x 8 8 x 3
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Acer campestre Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala Acer negundo 'Flamingo' Araucaria araucana Arundinaria japonica Arundinaria murielae (Fargesia murieliae) Arundinaria nitida (Syn. Fargesia nitida) Berberis darwinii Berberis julianae Berberis x ottawensis 'Superba' Berberis x stenophylla Bocconia cordata
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Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Evergreen Conifer Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Deciduous Shrub Evergreen Shrub Deciduous Rhizome
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Acid Soil Plant below 2 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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0.3 x 1.7 1.5 x 0.5 0.5 x 0.8 0.25 x 1
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Arisaema sikokianum Arisarum proboscideum Asarum europaeum
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Evergreen Alpine Deciduous Tuber Deciduous Tuber Evergreen Perennial
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Acid Soil Plant between 2-6 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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3 x 5 6 x 6 4 x 2
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Acer palmatum 'Dissectum Atropurpueum' Arctostaphylos patula Athyrium filix-femina
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Deciduous Shrub Evergreen Shrub Deciduous Fern
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Acid Soil Plant above 6 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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30 x 25 50 x 30 30 x 30 12 x 12 20 x 15
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Acer capillipes Acer cappadocium 'Aureum' Acer griseum Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' Acer palmatum 'Senkaki'
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Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Alkaline Soil Plant below 2 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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1 x 0.5 1.5 x 1.5 0.2 x 2 1.5 x 2 2 x 1.5 2 x 4
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Arum italicum 'Marmoratum' Aster amellus 'King George' Aubretia x cultorum 'Argeneovariegata' Brunnera macrophylla 'Dawson's White' Buphthalmum salicifolium Betula nana
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Deciduous Tuber Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Alpine Deciduous Rhizome Herbaceous Perennial Deciduous Shrub
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Aklaline Soil Plant between 2-6 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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5 x 3 2 x 2 2 x 1.5 5 x 5 5 x 4 3 x 10 5 x 4 5 x 2 6 x 8 2.5 x 5 5 x 5 3 x 5
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Acanthus mollis Asplenium scolopendrium Astrantia major Aucuba japonica Aucuba japonica 'Crotonofolia' Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' Baptisia australis Bupleurum fruticosum Buxus microphylla Buxus sempervirens 'Elegantissima' Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
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Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Fern Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Deciduous Shrub Deciduous Shrub Herbaceous Perennial Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Shrub
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Height in feet
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Garden Use:- Plants for Light Sandy Soil
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Plant Name in Alkaline Soil Plant above 6 feet in Height
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Plant Type
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10 x 6 80 x 30 20 x 20 23 x 20 60 x 20 60 x 20 60 x 20 25 x 30 15 x 15 15 x 15 15 x 15 18 x 18 8 x 8
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Alnus viridis (Green Alder) Alnus cordata Amelanchier laevis Amelanchier lamarcki Betula ermanii Betula papyrifera Betula pendula 'Tristis' Betula pendula 'Youngii' Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight' Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red' Buddleia davidii 'White Profusion' Buddleia globosa Buddleia officinalis
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Deciduous Shrub Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Tree Deciduous Shrub Deciduous Shrub Deciduous Shrub Deciduous Shrub Evergreen Shrub
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