Plants for Chalk and Limestone
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Suggested plants that thrive or tolerate chalk and limestone.


TREESSHRUBSPERENNIALS & ANNUALSCLIMBERS/WALL SHRUBS

Acer negundo

Aesculus

Arbutus

Betula

Catalpa

Cercis

Crataegus

Eucalyptus

Fagus 

Fraxinus

Gleditsia

Ilex

Laurus nobilis

Malus

Morus

Phillyrea

Prunus

Sorbus

Tilia


CONIFERS

Cedrus

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Cupressus 

Cuprocyparis leylandii

Ginkgo biloba

Juniperus

Picea

Pinus

Taxus

Thuja 

 













Abutilon

Aucuba japonica

Azara microphylla

Berberis

Buddleja

Ceanothus

Ceratostigma griffithii

Chaenomeles

Chimonanthus 

Choisya

Cistus

Cotinus

Cotoneaster

Daphne 

Deutzia

Edgeworthia

Escallonia

Euonymus

Genista

Fuchsia (Hardy)

Hebe

Lavandula

Lavatera

Olearia

Philadelphus

Phlomis fruticosa

Photinia

Ribes sanguinium

Rosa

Rosmarinus

Ruscus

Salix

Sambucus

Spartium junceum

Spiraea

Symphoricarpos

Syringa

Viburnum

Vitex

Weigela







Acanthus

Achillea

Anemone hupehensis

Anemone x hybrida

Aquilegia

Aster

Calendula

Campanula

Dianthus

Delphinium

Doronicum

Eryngium

Erysimum

Eupatorium

Geranium (Hardy)

Geum

Gypsophila 

Helenium

Helianthemum

Helianthus

Heuchera

Iris

Lathyrus vernus

Leucanthemum

Limonium

Lobularia

Lunaria

Matthiola

Nepeta

Omphalodes

Origanum

Papaver

Penstemon

Paeonia

Potentilla

Rudbeckia

Salvia

Saxifraga

Scabiosa

Schizostylis

Sidalcea

Thymus

Verbascum

Veronica

Veronicastrum


Actinidia

Campsis

Clematis

Eccremocarpus

Fremontodendron

Forsythia

Garrya elliptica

Hedera

Jasminum officinalis

Lonicera

Parthenocissus

Passiflora

Rosa

Solanum

Trachelospermum

Wisteria




BULBS, CORMS & TUBERS

Allium

Anemone blanda

Anemone coronaria

Chionodoxa

Colchicum

Crocus

Cyclamen

Fritillaria

Gladiolus

Lilium

Muscari

Nerine

Ornithogalum

Scilla

Tulbaghia

Tulipa

Watsonia









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