Top Ten Trees & Shrubs For Alkaline, Chalky Soils

A range of trees and shrubs will be quite happy on alkaline soils; in fact many dry loving trees and shrubs will positively flourish on well drained chalky soils.

It is always sensible to stake and tie trees securely and always dig in plenty of compost and fertilizer into the planting pit to give the young plant a good start and after watering in use a deep mulch to help lock in any soil moisture.

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	Latin Name	Common Name
1	Buddleja genus	Butterfly bush
2	Cercis siliquastrum	Judas tree
3	Hibiscus genus
4	Kolwitzia Amabilis 'Pink Cloud'	Beauty bush
5	Morus nigra	Black mulberry
6	Osmanthus genus
7	Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'	Indian bean tree
8	Taxus genus	Yew
9	Rosmarinus genus	Rosmary
10	Viburnum genus

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