Plants For Chalky Soil

Chalky soils (or those based on limestone) are usually alkaline, so have a pH above 7. They tend to be freely draining, stony and don’t hold onto nutrients very well. Therefore, to help your plants flourish, you should water regularly and dig in lots of composted organic matter as often as you can.

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Tulipa Sweetheart
Tulipa 'Sweetheart'
£6.99 - £18.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Synaeda Amor
Tulipa 'Synaeda Amor'
£7.99 - £15.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Tinka

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Tulipa 'Tinka'
£4.99 - £13.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Tiny Timo
Tulipa 'Tiny Timo'
£4.99 - £9.98
5 × bulbs Delivered during September
10 + 5 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Uncle Tom
Tulipa 'Uncle Tom'
£6.49 - £16.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Van Eijk (PBR)
Tulipa 'Van Eijk' (PBR)
£6.99 - £13.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Virichic
Tulipa 'Virichic'
£6.99 - £19.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Vogue
Tulipa 'Vogue'
£6.99 - £19.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Vovos
Tulipa 'Vovos'
£7.99 - £22.00
3 × bulbs Delivered during September
9 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa White Dream
Tulipa 'White Dream'
£6.99 - £19.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa White Parrot
Tulipa 'White Parrot'
£8.99 - £25.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa White Prince
Tulipa 'White Prince'
£8.99 - £17.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa White Triumphator
Tulipa 'White Triumphator'
£6.49 - £64.99
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
100 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa World Peace (PBR)
Tulipa 'World Peace' (PBR)
£6.99 - £19.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Yonina
Tulipa 'Yonina'
£6.99 - £19.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Île de France
Tulipa 'Île de France'
£7.99 - £21.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa acuminata
Tulipa acuminata
£12.99 - £38.00
3 × bulbs Delivered during September
9 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha Tubergen's Gem

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Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha 'Tubergen's Gem'
£6.99 - £18.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Creme Upstar
Tulipa Crème Upstar
£8.99 - £17.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Foxtrot
Tulipa Foxtrot | Double Early Tulip
£6.99 - £20.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa humilis Persian Pearl
Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl'
£4.99 - £9.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa humilis var. pulchella Albocaerulea Oculata Group
Tulipa humilis var. pulchella Albocaerulea Oculata Group
£11.99 - £33.00
5 × bulbs Delivered during September
15 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa humilis Violacea Group black base
Tulipa humilis Violacea Group black base
£5.99 - £11.98
5 × bulbs Delivered during September
10 + 5 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa linifolia (Batalinii Group) Red Hunter
Tulipa linifolia (Batalinii Group) 'Red Hunter'
£5.99 - £16.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa orphanidea Flava
Tulipa orphanidea 'Flava'
£6.99 - £18.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa praestans Shogun
Tulipa praestans 'Shogun'
£5.99 - £11.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa saxatilis
Tulipa saxatilis
£4.99 - £9.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa saxatilis (Bakeri Group) Lilac Wonder
Tulipa saxatilis (Bakeri Group) 'Lilac Wonder'
£4.99 - £9.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa sylvestris
Tulipa sylvestris
£4.99 - £11.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa tarda
Tulipa tarda
£4.99 - £16.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
7 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September
Tulipa turkestanica
Tulipa turkestanica
£4.99 - £12.00
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
21 × bulbs Delivered during September
Tulipa Candy Prince (PBR)
Tulipa ‘Candy Prince’ (PBR)
£7.99 - £15.98
7 × bulbs Delivered during September
14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September
Myosotis sylvatica Sylvia Blue
forget me not 'Sylvia Blue'
£13.49 - £26.99
20 seedlings Delivered mid September
40 + 20 FREE seedlings Delivered mid September
Myosotis sylvatica Sylvia White
forget me not 'Sylvia White'
£16.49 - £32.99
20 seedlings Delivered mid September
40 + 20 FREE seedlings Delivered mid September
Viola Sorbet F1 Mixed
Viola Sorbet F1 Mixed
£13.98 - £27.99
20 seedlings Delivered mid September
40 + 20 FREE seedlings Delivered mid September
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Anemone nemorosa Blue Eyes
Anemone nemorosa 'Blue Eyes'
£11.99 - £35.00
3 × rhizomes Delivered during October
9 × rhizomes Delivered during October
asparagus Gijnlim
asparagus 'Gijnlim'
£7.99 - £15.98
2 × crowns Delivered during October
4 + 2 FREE crowns Delivered during October
Eremurus Line Dance
Eremurus 'Line Dance'
£8.99 - £24.00
1 × tuber Delivered during October
3 × tubers Delivered during October
garlic Carcassonne Wight
garlic 'Carcassonne Wight'
£4.99 - £13.50
1 × head/bulb Delivered during October
3 × heads/bulbs Delivered during October
garlic Kingsland Wight
garlic 'Kingsland Wight'
£5.99 - £15.00
1 × head/bulb Delivered during October
3 × heads/bulbs Delivered during October
garlic Rhapsody Wight
garlic 'Rhapsody Wight'
£5.99 - £15.00
1 × head/bulb Delivered during October
3 × heads/bulbs Delivered during October
Hemerocallis Canadian Border Patrol
Hemerocallis 'Canadian Border Patrol'
£7.99 - £21.00
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
Hemerocallis Olive Bailey Langdon
Hemerocallis 'Olive Bailey Langdon'
£7.99 - £21.00
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
Hemerocallis Strawberry Candy
Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy'
£7.99 - £15.98
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants Delivered during October
Iris Alaska
Iris 'Alaska'
£4.99 - £13.50
10 × bulbs Delivered during October
30 × bulbs Delivered during October
Iris Black Dragon
Iris 'Black Dragon'
£6.99 - £18.00
1 × rhizome Delivered during October
3 × rhizomes Delivered during October
Iris Burgermeister
Iris 'Burgermeister'
£7.99 - £15.98
1 × rhizome Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE rhizomes Delivered during October
Iris Champagne Elegance
Iris 'Champagne Elegance'
£6.99 - £18.00
1 × rhizome Delivered during October
3 × rhizomes Delivered during October
Iris Edith Wolford
Iris 'Edith Wolford'
£7.99 - £15.98
1 × rhizome Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE rhizomes Delivered during October
Iris English Cottage
Iris 'English Cottage'
£7.99 - £15.98
1 × rhizome Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE rhizomes Delivered during October
Iris Maid of Orange
Iris 'Maid of Orange'
£7.99 - £21.00
1 × rhizome Delivered during October
3 × rhizomes Delivered during October
Iris in an owl planter gift set
Iris in an owl planter gift set
£14.99
gift set Delivered during October
Lilium Anastasia
Lilium 'Anastasia'
£4.99 - £12.00
1 × bulb Delivered during October
3 × bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium Bright Diamond
Lilium 'Bright Diamond'
£3.99 - £7.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium Claude Shride
Lilium 'Claude Shride'
£5.49 - £10.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium Easy Vanilla
Lilium 'Easy Vanilla'
£4.99 - £9.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium Easy Waltz
Lilium 'Easy Waltz'
£4.99 - £9.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium Pearl White
Lilium 'Pearl White'
£4.99 - £12.00
1 × bulb Delivered during October
3 × bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium African Queen Group
Lilium African Queen Group
£4.99 - £9.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium candidum
Lilium candidum
£11.99 - £30.00
1 × bulb Delivered during October
3 × bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium martagon Arabian Night
Lilium martagon 'Arabian Night'
£6.99 - £13.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium regale
Lilium regale
£4.99 - £9.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Lilium regale Album
Lilium regale 'Album'
£4.99 - £9.98
1 × bulb Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bulbs Delivered during October
Novelty hedgehog planter
Novelty hedgehog planter
£11.99
gift set Delivered during October
Outdoor metal bucket Alliums
Outdoor metal allium bucket
£19.99
gift set Delivered during October
Paeonia Coral Charm
Paeonia 'Coral Charm'
£11.99 - £79.99
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
4 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 4 litre pots available to order from autumn
Paeonia Sebastian Maas
Paeonia 'Sebastian Maas'
£9.99 - £59.98
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
4 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 + 1 FREE 4 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Paeonia lactiflora Duchesse de Nemours
Paeonia lactiflora 'Duchesse de Nemours'
£9.99 - £59.98
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
4 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 4 litre pots available to order from autumn
Paeonia lactiflora Karl Rosenfield
Paeonia lactiflora 'Karl Rosenfield'
£9.99 - £59.98
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
4 litre pot shipped within 2 weeks
2 + 1 FREE 4 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
Paeonia lactiflora Sarah Bernhardt
Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'
£9.99 - £59.98
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants Delivered during October
4 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 4 litre pots available to order from autumn
Paeonia lactiflora Shirley Temple
Paeonia lactiflora 'Shirley Temple'
£8.99 - £59.98
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
4 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 4 litre pots available to order from autumn
Paeonia lactiflora Red Sarah Bernhardt
Paeonia lactiflora Red Sarah Bernhardt
£10.99 - £29.99
1 × bare root plant Delivered during October
3 × bare root plants Delivered during October
rhubarb Raspberry Red
rhubarb 'Raspberry Red'
£4.99 - £14.00
1 × crown Delivered during October
3 × crowns Delivered during October
rhubarb Red Champagne
rhubarb 'Red Champagne'
£4.99 - £14.00
1 × crown Delivered during October
3 × crowns Delivered during October
rhubarb Strawberry
rhubarb 'Strawberry'
£5.99 - £11.98
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
rhubarb Timperley Early
rhubarb 'Timperley Early'
£5.99 - £11.98
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
rhubarb Valentine
rhubarb 'Valentine'
£5.99 - £11.98
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
rhubarb Victoria
rhubarb 'Victoria'
£5.99 - £15.00
1 × crown Delivered during October
3 × crowns Delivered during October
Sausage dog planter
Sausage dog planter
£12.99
gift set Delivered during October
potato Pentland Javelin
potato 'Pentland Javelin' (PBR)
£3.99 - £7.98
5 × seed potatoes | summer planting available to order from summer
10 + 5 FREE seed potatoes | summer available to order from summer
Sisyrinchium californicum
Sisyrinchium californicum
£21.99 - £39.99
1 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer
3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer
Verbascum Clementine
Verbascum 'Clementine'
£12.99 - £28.99
9cm pot available to order from summer
3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer
Acanthus mollis
Acanthus mollis
£11.99 - £52.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Acer palmatum Skeeter's Broom

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Acer palmatum 'Skeeter's Broom'
£99.99 - £129.99
5 litre pot | ½ standard | 0.8 - 1m tall available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 0.9 - 1.2m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
Acer × freemanii Autumn Blaze ('Jesffersred')
Acer × freemanii Autumn Blaze ('Jesffersred')
£89.99 - £179.99
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
Achillea Lachsschönheit' (Galaxy Series)
Achillea 'Lachsschönheit' (Galaxy Series)
£10.99 - £42.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Actinidia kolomikta
Actinidia kolomikta
£17.99 - £35.98
9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from autumn
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Agapanthus BlackJack ('Dwaghyb02') (PBR)
Agapanthus BlackJack ('Dwaghyb02') (PBR)
£16.99 - £99.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Agapanthus Emerald Ice (PBR)

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Agapanthus 'Emerald Ice' (PBR)
£14.99 - £39.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Agapanthus Headbourne hybrids
Agapanthus 'Headbourne hybrids'
£14.99 - £32.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Agapanthus Northern Star (PBR)
Agapanthus 'Northern Star' (PBR)
£8.00 - £29.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Agastache rugosa Beelicious Pink ('Agapk') (PBR)
Agastache rugosa Beelicious Pink ('Agapk') (PBR)
£9.99 - £42.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Alchemilla mollis

25% off

Alchemilla mollis
£2.09 - £39.99
approx 75 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Allium Bubble Bath

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Allium 'Bubble Bath'
£14.99 - £39.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

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