Chalky soil
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Please note some items are unavailable - Total: £299.67
Soils found over chalk are invariable alkaline, and if the soil is quite shallow, then the chief problem for the lime-tolerant plants will be rapid drainage. This border has been designed using plants which can cope with these difficult conditions and will give you a long period of interest throughout the year.
Planting tips: Dig in loads of composted farmyard manure or garden compost before you plant to help enrich the soil and improve its water holding capacity. Subsequently you should add a generous layer of the compost as a mulch each autumn and then leave it for the worms to work into the soil over the winter.
You will need a border measuring 4 x 2m in a sunny spot.
items included (click on thumbnail for more info)
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Verbena bonariensis
purple top - Price £4.99
- Qty 8
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- Total £39.92
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Stipa gigantea
golden oats - Price £8.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £8.99
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Centranthus ruber
red valerian (syn. Centranthus ruber 'Pretty Betsy' Valeriana 'Coccinea' - Price £5.99
- Qty 3
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- Total £17.97
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Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
dogwood - Price £22.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £22.99
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Acanthus spinosus
bear's breeches - Price £0.00
- Qty 0 (unavailable)
- available to order from late spring
- Total £0.00
- Cistus × argenteus 'Silver Pink'
- Price £24.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £24.99
- Hypericum × moserianum 'Tricolor'
- Price £17.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £17.99
- Astrantia major subsp. involucrata 'Shaggy'
- Price £9.99
- Qty 5
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- Total £49.95
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Veronica 'Champagne'
hebe Champagne - Price £0.00
- Qty 0 (unavailable)
- available to order from late spring
- Total £0.00
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Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'
lesser periwinkle - Price £7.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £7.99
- Nepeta × faassenii
- Price £5.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £5.99
- Verbascum (Cotswold Group) 'Pink Domino'
- Price £0.00
- Qty 0 (unavailable)
- available to order from late spring
- Total £0.00
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Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea'
elephant's ears - Price £7.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £7.99
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Veronica 'Red Edge'
hebe Red Edge - Price £0.00
- Qty 0 (unavailable)
- available to order from late spring
- Total £0.00
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis
bleeding heart (syn. Dicentra spectabilis) - Price £6.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £6.99
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Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'
daphne - Price £34.99
- Qty 1
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- Total £34.99
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Achillea millefolium 'Lilac Beauty'
yarrow - Price £5.99
- Qty 3
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- Total £17.97
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
- Price £6.99
- Qty 5
- In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
- Total £34.95