Garden shrubs for alkaline or chalky soil
Garden Shrubs for use on chalk / alkaline soil
With chalky soils not all shrubs and trees are suitable for the alkaline conditions that chalky soil produce. So you must use shrubs and trees suited or able to withstand the soil conditions or improve the soil by adding lots of organic matter.
For further information on improving or changing the soil pH on chalky soils Click Here
Aucuba japonica
Berberis
Brachyglottis Dunedin Group ‘Drysdale’, B. Dunedin Group ‘Sunshine’ , B. monroi,
B Walberton’s Silver Dormouse ‘Walbrach’
Buddleja davidii cultivars, B. fallowiana var. alba , B. globosa , B. lindleyana, B. × weyeriana
Buxus microphylla, B. sempervirens ‘Latifolia Maculata’ (v), B. sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’
Caragana arborescens
Ceanothus including C. ‘Autumnal Blue’ , C. ‘Dark Star’ , C. ‘Concha’ ,
C. ‘Pershore Zanzibar’ (v), C. ‘Puget Blue’ , C. thrysiflorus var. repens
Ceratostigma including C. willmottianum Forest Blue ‘Lice’ , C. plumbagnoides
Cistus including C. × argenteus ‘Peggy Sammons’, C. creticus, C. × dansereaui ‘Decumbens’ ,
C. laurifolius, C. monspeliensis, C. × pulverulentus ‘Sunset’ , C. × purpureus
Choisya × dewitteana ‘Aztec Pearl’ , C. ternata , C. ternata Sundance ‘Lich’
Colutea arborescens
Cytisus
Cornus mas
Cotoneaster
Deutzia
Dipelta floribunda , D. ventricosa
Elaeagnus angustifolia, E. commutata, E. ‘Quicksilver’
Euonymus fortunei cultivars , E. japonicus cultivars
Forsythia ‘Fiesta’ (v), F. × intermedia ‘Lynwood Variety’ , F. suspensa
Fuchsia
Genista lydia
× Halimiocistus sahucii , × H. wintonensis ‘Merrist Wood Cream’
Halimium calycinum, H. lasianthum, H. ‘Susan’
Hebe
Hibiscus syriacus, H. sinosyriacus
Hypericum
Laurus nobilis
Lavandula
Ligustrum japoniucm, L. ovalifolium, L. quihoui
Lonicera nitida, L. pileata
Mahonia aquifolium, M. × media
Olearia
Paeonia delavayi
Potentilla fruticosa
Pyracantha including P. coccinea ‘Red Column’, P. ‘Orange Glow’ , P. ‘Teton’
Rhus glabra, R. typhina ‘Dissecta’
Ribes laurifolium, R. odoratum, R. sanguineum ‘Pulborough Scarlet’, R.speciosum
Romneya coulteri
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rubus biflorus , R.cockburnianus ‘Goldenvale’ , R. lineatus, R. spectabilis ‘Olympic Double’,
R. thibetanus ‘Silver Fern’
Sambucus nigra, S. racemosa ‘Sutherland Gold’
Santolina chamaecyparissus, S. pinnata subsp.neapolitana . S. rosmarinifolia
Sarcococca confusa , S. hookeriana var. digyna, S. ruscifolia var. chinensis ‘Dragon’s Gate’
Spartium junceum
Spiraea ‘Arguta’ , S.japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ (v), S. japonica ‘Goldflame’,
S. japonica Magic Carpet ‘Walbuma’ (v), S. nipponica ‘Snowmound’
Syringa (lilac)
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