Drainage

Plants for well-drained soil

This list is plants tagged for well-drained soil — water must leave the root zone. Well-drained is not the same as poor, dry sand.

The tag does not fix a sealed clay cup. Open a profile for moisture and winter wet.

What this tag means on a plant

1. Well-drained is a drainage tag, not a soil-amendment guide.
2. Scan the grid, then open a profile for water need and zone.
3. Poorly drained plants sit on their own list.

Plants for Plants for well-drained soil (3047)

• Iceland Poppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Lesser Calamint Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Japanese Loquat Full Sun10–25 ft (310–760 cm)
• Antelope Bitterbrush Full Sun2–6 ft (60–180 cm)
• Central Mexico Organ Pipe Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Leyland cypress Full Sun60–70 ft (1830–2130 cm)
• Desert Ironwood Full Sun20–50 ft (610–1520 cm)
• Mexican Olive Full Sun15–20 ft (460–610 cm)
• Texas Kidneywood Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Chios Mastic Full Sun15–25 ft (460–760 cm)
• Desert Broom Full Sun4–12 ft (120–370 cm)
• California poppy Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Ice Plant Full Sun6 in (15 cm)
• Common Olive Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Cenizo Full Sun5–8 ft (150–240 cm)
• Ocotillo Full Sun8–20 ft (240–610 cm)
• California Brittlebush Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Toyon Full Sun6–8 ft (180–240 cm)
• Brittlebush Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Osage Orange Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Chamiso Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• California Melic Grass Full Sun1–4 ft (30–120 cm)
• Illinois Bundleflower Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Smoketree Full Sun5–25 ft (150–760 cm)
• Stretchberry Full Sun8–15 ft (240–460 cm)
• Desert Willow Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• New Zealand Fire Tree Full Sun30–35 ft (910–1070 cm)
• Damianita Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Mountain Mint Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• California Buckthorn Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Engelmann's Daisy Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Colorado Four O'Clock Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Winterfat Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Blue Paloverde Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Black Huckleberry Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Splitbeard Bluestem Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Baybean Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Chaparral Pea Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Dotseed Plantain Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Baja Bush Snapdragon Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Kodiak® Orange Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Black Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Fresh™ Diervilla x 'SMNDSS' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Jojoba Full Sun3–7 ft (90–210 cm)
• Spanish Broom Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Yellow Necklacepod Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Angels Trumpets Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Scotch Broom Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Hollyleaf Redberry Full Sun10–15 ft (310–460 cm)
• Asian Bittersweet Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Chinese Evergreen 'Siam Aurora' Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Blackspot Hornpoppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Fairy Castle Cactus Full Sun1–6 ft (30–180 cm)
• Flower of Stone Partial Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Foxtail Barley Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Palo Brea Full Sun20–25 ft (610–760 cm)
• Mexican Prickly Poppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Mint Chocolate Chip Manfreda Full Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Cherry Chocolate Chip Manfreda Full Sun6–8 in (15–20 cm)
• Dyckia ‘Burgundy Ice’ Full Sun12 in (30 cm)