If you need flowers that don’t require much maintenance, but still produce beautiful and vibrant blooms year after year then these are the best flowers that thrive in poor soil!
1. Lantana
USDA Zones: 8-11
Lantana is an incredibly versatile plant, with stems that can be used in a wide range of arrangements.
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Simply make sure you don’t overwater them and this hardy flower will continue to thrive!
2. Bush Lily
USDA Zones: 9-11
Clivia plants unfurl their strap-like leaves and offer sweet smelling blossoms.
These tough plants can tolerate both dry or moist soil, making them perfect for your garden!
3. Periwinkle
USDA Zones: 4-9
Vinca is a beautiful evergreen plant that can thrive in poor soil. The flowers are sure to attract attention, and the leaves will keep your home looking green all year round!
4. Gaillardia
USDA Zones: 3-10
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The beauty about this plant is that it’s very easy to grow and doesn’t need much maintenance.
This flower prefers to grow in poor soil and will do well there, but if you want more than just a few flowers on your garden fence or walkway then make sure that the ground beneath is rich with organic matter.
5. Cinquefoils
USDA Zones: 2-6
The delicate yellow flowers of this heat-tolerant shrub are stunning and it’s easy to grow!
It grows up a few feet tall, but you can keep its pace slow by planting in poor soil.
6. Cosmos
USDA Zones: 2-11
Cosmos can grow in a variety of soils, but loves the company it keeps when its soil pH is between 6 and 8.
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For even more flowers though you should add some organic material to your potting mix!
7. Mexican Hat Plants
USDA Zones: 4-9
This brilliant flower is often found growing in fields, meadows and pastures.
It can adjust its growth to suit the soil type that it’s planted near- even if you have poor quality dirt!
8. Gaura
USDA Zones: 6-10
This simple plant is often called the “bee blossom,” because of its beautiful white petals that reminiscent to bees.
It grows well even in poor soil and doesn’t need extra fertilizer!
9. Chamomile
USDA Zones: 2-8
Chamomile is an herb with daisy-like fragrant blooms. It requires well-drained soil but can grow in poor-quality ground if the location has plenty of sun and dry conditions for the most part through late spring into early summer.
10. African Daisy
USDA Zones: 9-11
African daisies are some of the most durable flowers on earth, thriving even when other plants would die.
They just need extra care to keep them healthy – give your favorite blossom a boost with fertilizer!
11. Gazanias
USDA Zones: 9-11
Gazania’s are known for their tenacity. They can withstand just about any soil type as long it has good drainage and is gritty or sandy in texture!
12. Bougainvillea
USDA Zones: 9-11
Don’t let your flower-lovers heart go on strike when you see this plant! One of the best choices for arbors, fences or any place where it needs to climb.
