Hardy Plants for Chalky/Alkaline Soil
Buddleja 'Lochinch'Lindley's Butterfly Bush
£6.50
Long arching panicles of dark violet flowers from September to October. For fertile, well drained soil in full sun. Deadhead after flowering then cut hard back in spring. Adored by butterflies.
Campanula 'Sarastro'Bellflower
£4.50
Spectacular, large, deep purple-blue, pendant tubular flowers from early-mid summer.
Syringa vulgaris 'Nadezhda'Lilac
£6.50
A fairly new Russian cultivar with large heads of very scented double lilac flowers in late spring. These attract bees and butterflies and make excellent cut flowers. Full sun, normal soil.