Clearing old perennial flower bed
Clearing old flower bed and lowering the soil pH ready for some new plants from the GardenAdvice MyGardenTeam winter plant swap
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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...
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...
Spring bulbs planted in the autumn
As we get into autumn now is the time to plant some spring bulbs Iris reticulata’Early season flowering bulb planted in the ground or in pots with John Inness composthttps://www.jparkers.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=Iris+reticulata Crocus bulbsEarly season flowering...
Initial soil test results
The soil test Shows a very high soil pH relating to a very alkaline soil, in fact the highest one we have seen with our clients Plants have evolved / adapted to grow in...