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.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show plant of year
Ground cover
Used at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Helleborus × hybridus Pretty Ellen collection
Hellebore Pretty Ellen collection
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Helleborus × hybridus

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Helleborus × hybridus
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Dusky violet shade mini-border collection

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Dusky violet shade mini-border collection
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Erythronium dens-canis Old Aberdeen
Erythronium dens-canis 'Old Aberdeen'
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Euphorbia Walberton's Embers Glow

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Euphorbia 'Walberton's Embers Glow'
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Helleborus Grace Elizabeth

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Helleborus 'Grace Elizabeth'
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Iris Benton Diedre
Iris 'Benton Diedre'
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Iris Benton Susan
Iris 'Benton Susan'
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Iris Golden Edge
Iris 'Golden Edge'
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Paeonia Cora Louise
Paeonia 'Cora Louise'
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Helleborus × hybridus Harvington double blush
Helleborus × hybridus Harvington double blush
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