Changing a alkaline or chalk soil to extend the type of plants you can grow
Lowering the soil pH in a alkaline soil to suit more plants As simple as it sounds adding acid will lower the soil pH in an alkaline or chalky soil The acid can come...
Daily Archive: October 8, 2021
Garden shrubs for alkaline soils
Garden Shrubs for use on chalk / alkaline soil Aucuba japonicaBerberisBrachyglottis Dunedin Group ‘Drysdale’, B. Dunedin Group ‘Sunshine’ , B. monroi,B Walberton’s Silver Dormouse ‘Walbrach’Buddleja davidii cultivars, B. fallowiana var. alba , B. globosa...
Herbaceous perennials for alkaline soils
Acanthus mollis, A. spinosusAchilleaActaea simplex Atropurpurea Group ‘Brunette’ AGMAdenophora bulleyanaAgapanthusAgastacheAlstroemeriaAnchusa azurea ‘Lodden Royalist’Anemone hupehensis, A. × hybridaAnthemis punctata subsp. cupaniana AGM, A. tinctoria ‘E.C. ‘Buxton’, A. tinctoria ‘Sauce Hollandaise’AquilegiaArmeriaArtemisia absinthium ‘Lambrook Silver’, A. arborescens...