The following list gives some examples of the hardy rock plants that need to grow in acidic soils:

• Arctostaphylos alpinus (Alpine bearberry)
• Cassiope
• Corydalis cashmeriana (Blue corydalis)
• Corydalis flexuosa (Corydalis)
• Cyananthus
• Epigaea repens (Ground laurel)
• Epigaea gaultherioides
• Galax urceolata (Beetleweed)
• Gaultheria
• Gentiana sino-ornata (Chinese gentian)
• Glaucidium palmatum (Glaucidium)
• Haberlea rhodopensis (Resurrection plant)
• Kalmia angustifolia (Sheep laurel)
• Kalmia polifolia 'Microphylla' (Western laurel)
• Leiophyllum buxifolium (Box sandmyrtle)
• Leucopogon fraseri
• Leucothoe keiskei (Keiskei fetterbush)
• Linnaea borealis (Twinflower)
• Lithodora diffusa (Lithodora)
• Menziesia ciliicalyx
• Mitchella repens (Partridge berry)
• Ourisia coccinea
• Ourisia 'Loch Ewe'
• Paris polyphylla
• Phyllodoce caerulea (Blue Heath)
• Phyllodoce glanduliflora (Yellow mountain heather)
• Phyllodoce nipponica
• Polygala chamaebuxus (Shrubby milkwort)
• Polygala vayredae (Pyrenean milkwort)
• Primula boothii
• Primula edgeworthii
• Primula gracilipes
• Primula sonchifolia
• Pyrola rotundifolia (Round-leaved wintergreen)
• Rhododendron (dwarf spp.)
• Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex' (Blood root)
• Shortia soldanelloides (Fringe bells)
• Soldanella villosa (Pyrenean snowbell)
• Tanakaea radicans
• Vaccinium delavayi (Delavays blueberry)
• Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry)
• Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog bilberry)