Shrubs that will flourish on well drained acid soils

There is a range of impressive shrubs that will tolerant acid soils, but there is a select few shrubs that will only grow on acid soils. Many of these shrubs produce outstanding and vivid blossom make anyone visiting your garden incredibly jealous because they probably won’t be able to grow it on their bog standard soil. Another advantage of having an acid soil is that you will tend to get richer autumn colours.

Acid soils are often well drained, so always dig in plenty of compost into the planting pit prior to planting, also use surface compost mulch and water in new plants.