Garden shrubs for alkaline soils
Garden Shrubs for use on chalk / alkaline soil
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)