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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.

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Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'

Golden oats, Giant oats, Giant feather grass

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Stipa ichu

Ichu needle grass

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Stipa tenuissima

Mexican hair grass, Mexican feather grass

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Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'

Hairy lilac

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Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'

Common lilac

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Syringa vulgaris 'Firmament'

Common lilac

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Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'

Common lilac

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Syringa vulgaris 'Mrs Edward Harding'

Common lilac

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Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Esther Staley'

American lilac, Hyacinth flowered lilac

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Syringa x josiflexa 'Bellicent'

Josiflexa lilac

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Syringa x prestoniae 'Elinor'

Canadian hybrid lilac

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Taxus baccata 'Icicle'

English yew, Common yew

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Teucrium pyrenaicum

Germander, Wood sage, Pyrenean wood sage

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Tiarella Raspberry Sundae = 'Gosund'

Foamflower

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Trachystemon orientalis

Abraham Isaac and Jacob

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Tradescantia 'Concord Grape'

Spiderwort, Spider lily, Trinity flower, Devil in the pulpit, Giant spiderwort

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Tradescantia Andersoniana Group 'Blue and Gold'

Spiderwort

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Tradescantia Andersoniana Group 'Little Doll'

Spiderwort

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Tricyrtis hirta 'Akashan Daisy'

Japanese toad lily

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Ulmus x hollandica 'Dampieri Aurea'

Hybrid elm

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Verbascum 'Gainsborough'

Mullein

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Verbascum creticum 'WALVERBEE'

Mullein

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Verbascum phoeniceum Citrus Champagne = 'VBB1'

Mullein

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Verbena 'Little Annie'

Vervain

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Verbena 'Margaret's Memory'

Vervain

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Verbena 'Santos Purple'

Slender vervain

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Veronica Dark Blue Moody Blues™ = 'Novaverblu'

Speedwell

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Veronica Pink Moody Blues™ = 'Novaverpin'

Speedwell

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Veronica Sky Blue Moody Blues™ = 'Novaversky'

Speedwell

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Veronica spicata subsp. incana

Blue willow herb, Spiked speedwell

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Viburnum 'Pragense'

Prague viburnum

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Viburnum carlesii 'Aurora'

Korean spice viburnum, Carles viburnum

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Viburnum farreri

Fragrant viburnum, Farrer's viburnum

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Viburnum furcatum

Forked viburnum

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Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum'

Guelder rose, European cranberry bush

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Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Beauty'

Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum

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Viburnum plicatum 'Popcorn'

Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum

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Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Cascade'

Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum

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Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Dart's Red Robin'

Japanese snowball, Lacecap viburnum

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Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'

Sargent viburnum, Sargent cranberry bush

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Viburnum x bodnantense 'Deben'

Bodnant viburnum, Winter viburnum

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Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Mohawk'

Burkwood viburnum, Mohawk viburnum

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Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Park Farm Hybrid'

Burkwood viburnum, Dawn viburnum

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Viburnum x hillieri 'Winton'

Hybrid viburnum, Hillier's viburnum

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Viola 'Cat's Whiskers'

Pansy

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Viola 'Copperfield'

Pansy

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Viola 'Delta White with Rose Wing'

Pansy

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Viola 'Denim'

Pansy