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Chalk loving perennials

Mike Hill2Mike Hill2 Posts: 2
in Problem solving

I am trying to help my daughter with her garden which has very chalky soil.  She would like some colourful mostly flowering perennials in her borders around the lawn. Any suggestions please?

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,058

    Assuming it's sunny and well drained :-

    achillea (various colours available), agastache, alliums, anemone blanda, anthemis punctata, artemisia, asters, aubretia, campanulas, catanache, coreopsis, delphiniums, dianthus, dictamnus alba, echinops ritro, erigeron, eryngium, hardy geraniums , geums, lavatera, lychnis, nepeta, papaver (oriental poppies), penstemon, persicria affinis, phlox, phormium tenax, alvias, scabiosa, sedums and verbascums.

    This should give you plenty of choice for form, colour and season of interest with some bubs thrown in for early colour. 

     

     will give a good range of colour and form.

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  • Outdoor girlOutdoor girl Posts: 286

    Waht a fab list!

    I also have success with echinacea, perennial helianthus, hebe, rudbeckia, michaelmas daisies, golden rod, euphorbia and epilobium (white willow herb) and erbena bonariensis

     

  • Mike Hill2Mike Hill2 Posts: 2

    Thank you both so much.  On with the shopping!image

  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Campanula, Pulsatilla

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