Chalky soil plants
Chalky soil is very "light" and topsoil can be thin, water drains through very quickly so it's prone to dry out and be low in nutrients. The chalk also makes the soil alkaline. Plants that are adapted to this kind of soil will do best.
Bamboos
6 plants
Climbing plants
70 plants
Grasses
33 plants
Perennials - autumn flowering
194 plants
Perennials - spring flowering
208 plants
Perennials - summer flowering
117 plants
Perennials - winter flowering
37 plants
Roses
41 plants
Shrubs (bushes) and structural plants
119 plants
Soft fruit - bushes, plants and vines
44 plants
Trees
24 plants
All plants (832)
Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'
Golden oats, Giant oats, Giant feather grass
Stipa ichu
Ichu needle grass
Stipa tenuissima
Mexican hair grass, Mexican feather grass
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'
Hairy lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Firmament'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Mrs Edward Harding'
Common lilac
Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Esther Staley'
American lilac, Hyacinth flowered lilac
Syringa x josiflexa 'Bellicent'
Josiflexa lilac
Syringa x prestoniae 'Elinor'
Canadian hybrid lilac
Taxus baccata 'Icicle'
English yew, Common yew
Teucrium pyrenaicum
Germander, Wood sage, Pyrenean wood sage
Tiarella Raspberry Sundae = 'Gosund'
Foamflower
Trachystemon orientalis
Abraham Isaac and Jacob
Tradescantia 'Concord Grape'
Spiderwort, Spider lily, Trinity flower, Devil in the pulpit, Giant spiderwort
Tradescantia Andersoniana Group 'Blue and Gold'
Spiderwort
Tradescantia Andersoniana Group 'Little Doll'
Spiderwort
Tricyrtis hirta 'Akashan Daisy'
Japanese toad lily
Ulmus x hollandica 'Dampieri Aurea'
Hybrid elm
Verbascum 'Gainsborough'
Mullein
Verbascum creticum 'WALVERBEE'
Mullein
Verbascum phoeniceum Citrus Champagne = 'VBB1'
Mullein
Verbena 'Little Annie'
Vervain
Verbena 'Margaret's Memory'
Vervain
Verbena 'Santos Purple'
Slender vervain
Veronica Dark Blue Moody Blues™ = 'Novaverblu'
Speedwell
Veronica Pink Moody Blues™ = 'Novaverpin'
Speedwell
Veronica Sky Blue Moody Blues™ = 'Novaversky'
Speedwell
Veronica spicata subsp. incana
Blue willow herb, Spiked speedwell
Viburnum 'Pragense'
Prague viburnum
Viburnum carlesii 'Aurora'
Korean spice viburnum, Carles viburnum
Viburnum farreri
Fragrant viburnum, Farrer's viburnum
Viburnum furcatum
Forked viburnum
Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum'
Guelder rose, European cranberry bush
Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Beauty'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum plicatum 'Popcorn'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Cascade'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Dart's Red Robin'
Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum
Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'
Sargent viburnum, Sargent cranberry bush
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Deben'
Bodnant viburnum, Winter viburnum
Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Mohawk'
Burkwood viburnum, Mohawk viburnum
Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Park Farm Hybrid'
Burkwood viburnum, Dawn viburnum
Viburnum x hillieri 'Winton'
Hybrid viburnum, Hillier's viburnum
Viola 'Cat's Whiskers'
Pansy
Viola 'Copperfield'
Pansy
Viola 'Delta White with Rose Wing'
Pansy
Viola 'Denim'
Pansy