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What Grows Here Clay Gardening: Trees
Clay Gardening: Trees Print
Expert Advice
If you have naturally dense soil, don't despair! There's a wide range of trees that are adapted to heavy clay. Some tolerate clay; others prefer it. [In the list that follows, varieties marked with an asterisk (*) prefer clay.]
  • apple* and crabapple* trees (Malus sp.)
  • populus_angustifoliaaspens* (Populus sp.)
  • Austrian pine (Pinus nigra)
  • basswood* (Tilia sp.)
  • black ash* (Fraxinus nigra)
  • Black Hills spruce (Picea glauca var. densata)
  • black walnut (Juglans nigra, for lighter clay)
  • box elder (Acer negundo)
  • bur oak* (Quercus macrocarpa)
  • butternut* (Juglans cinerea, for lighter clay)
  • cottonwoods* (Populus sp.)
  • elm* (Ulmus sp.)
  • European alder* (Alnus glutinosa)celtis_occidentalis
  • European larch* (Larix decidua)
  • Freeman maple (Acer freemanii)
  • gingko (Gingko biloba)
  • green ash* (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
  • hackberry* (Celtis occidentalis)
  • honeylocust* (Gleditsia triacanthos)
  • linden* (Tilia sp.)
  • Norway maple* (Acer platanoides)pyrus_calleryana_capital
  • Norway spruce (Picea abies)
  • pears* (Pyrus sp.)
  • Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
  • shagbark hickory* (Carya ovata)
  • silver maple* (Acer saccharinum)
  • tamarack* (Larix laricina)
  • white ash (Fraxinus americana)
  • white fir (Abies concolor)
  • willows* (Salix sp.)
 

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