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The plants suitable for Lime-Free Soil list is sorted in the following pages under the following Name:-
Surface soil moisture is the water that is in the upper 10 cm (4 inches) of soil, whereas root zone soil moisture is the water that is available to plants, which is generally considered to be in the upper 200 cm (80 inches) of soil:-
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When selecting plants, you should start by using what you already have in the garden; especially mature trees and shrubs. Each tree or shrub will have one of the following growth shapes:-
When selecting plants, you should start by using what you already have in the garden; especially mature shrubs and some of your perennials.
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The overall amount of sunlight received depends on aspect, the direction your garden faces:- North-facing gardens get the least light and can be damp South-facing gardens get the most light East-facing gardens get morning light West-facing gardens get afternoon and evening light
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Acid Site - An acid soil has a pH value below 7.0. Clay soils are usually acid and retentive of moisture, requiring drainage. The addition of grit or coarse sand makes them more manageable. Peaty soil is acidic with fewer nutrients and also requires drainage. Alkaline Soil - An alkaline soil has a pH value above 7.0. Soils that form a thin layer over chalk restrict plant selection to those tolerant of drought. Bank / Slope problems include soil erosion, surface water, summer drought and poor access (create path using mattock to pull an earth section 180 degrees over down the slope). Then, stabilise the earth with 4 inches (10cms) depth of spent mushroom compost under the chicken wire; before planting climbers/plants through it. Cold Exposed Inland Site is an area that is open to the elements and that includes cold, biting winds, the glare of full sun, frost and snow - These plants are able to withstand very low temperatures and those winds in the South of England. Dust and Pollution Barrier - Plants with large horizontal leaves are particularly effective in filtering dust from the environment, with mature trees being capable of filtering up to 70% of dust particles caused by traffic. Plants can also help offset the pollution effects of traffic. 20 trees are needed to absorb the carbon dioxide produced by 1 car driven for 60 miles. Front of Border / Path Edges - Soften edges for large masses of paving or lawn with groundcover plants. Random areas Within Paths can be planted with flat-growing plants. Other groundcover plants are planted in the Rest of Border. Seaside Plants that deal with salt-carrying gales and blown sand; by you using copious amounts of compost and thick mulch to conserve soil moisture. Sound Barrier - The sound waves passing through the plant interact with leaves and branches, some being deflected and some being turned into heat energy. A wide band of planting is necessary to achieve a large reduction in the decibel level. Wind Barrier - By planting a natural windbreak you will create a permeable barrier that lets a degree of air movement pass through it and provide shelter by as far as 30 times their height downwind. Woodland ground cover under the shade of tree canopies. In the case of some genera and species, at least two - and sometimes dozens of - varieties and hybrids are readily available, and it has been possible to give only a selection of the whole range. To indicate this, the abbreviation 'e.g.' appears before the selected examples ( for instance, Centaurea cyanus e.g. 'Jubilee Gem'). If an 'e.g.' is omitted in one list, although it appears beside the same plant in other lists, this means that that plant is the only suitable one - or the only readily available suitable one - in the context of that particular list. |
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Chalky alkaline soils are derived from chalk or limestone with a pH of 7.1 or above.
Clay soil will absorb 40% of its volume in water before it turns from a solid to a liquid. This fact can have a serious effect on your house as subsidence. |
Explaination of how soil works:- "Plants are in Control Most gardeners think of plants as only taking up nutrients through root systems and feeding the leaves. Few realize that a great deal of energy that results from photosynthesis in the leaves is actually used by plants to produce chemicals they secrete through their roots. These secretions are known as exudates. A good analogy is perspiration, a human's exudate. Root exudates are in the form of carbohydrates (including sugars) and proteins. Amazingly, their presence wakes up, attracts, and grows specific beneficial bacteria and fungi living in the soil that subsist on these exudates and the cellular material sloughed off as the plant's root tips grow. All this secretion of exudates and sloughing off of cells takes place in the rhizosphere, a zone immediately round the roots, extending out about a tenth of an inch, or a couple of millimetres. The rhizosphere, which can look like a jelly or jam under the electron microscope, contains a constantly changing mix of soil organisms, including bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa, and even larger organisms. All this "life" competes for the exudates in the rhizosphere, or its water or mineral content. At the bottom of the soil food web are bacteria and fungi, which are attracted to and consume plant root exudates. In turn, they attract and are eaten by bigger microbes, specifically nematodes and protozoa who eat bacteria and fungi (primarily for carbon) to fuel their metabolic functions. Anything they don't need is excreted as wastes, which plant roots are readily able to absorb as nutrients. How convenient that this production of plant nutrients takes place right in the rhizosphere, the site of root-nutrient absorption. At the centre of any viable soil food web are plants. Plants control the food web for their own benefit, an amazing fact that is too little understood and surely not appreciated by gardeners who are constantly interfereing with Nature's system. Studies indicate that individual plants can control the numbers and the different kinds of fungi and bacteria attracted to the rhizosphere by the exudates they produce. Soil bacteria and fungi are like small bags of fertilizer, retaining in their bodies nitrogen and other nutrients they gain from root exudates and other organic matter. Carrying on the analogy, soil protozoa and nematodes act as "fertilizer spreaders" by releasng the nutrients locked up in the bacteria and fungi "fertilizer bags". The nematodes and protozoa in the soil come along and eat the bacteria and fungi in the rhizosphere. They digest what they need to survive and excrete excess carbon and other nutrients as waste. The protozoa and nematodes that feasted on the fungi and bacteria attracted by plant exudates are in turn eaten by arthropods such as insects and spiders. Soil arthropods eat each other and themselves are the food of snakes, birds, moles and other animals. Simply put, the soil is one big fast-food restaurant. Bacteria are so small they need to stick to things, or they will wash away; to attach themselves they produce a slime, the secondary result of which is that individual soil particles are bound together. Fungal hyphae, too, travel through soil particles, sticking to them and binding them together, thread-like, into aggregates. Worms, together with insect larvae and moles move through the soil in search of food and protection, creating pathways that allow air and water to enter and leave the soil. The soil food web, then, in addition to providing nutrients to roots in the rhizosphere, also helps create soil structure: the activities of its members bind soil particles together even as they provide for the passage of air and water through the soil. Without this system, most important nutrients would drain from soil. Instead, they are retained in the bodies of soil life. Here is the gardener's truth: when you apply a chemical fertilizer, a tiny bit hits the rhizosphere, where it is absorbed, but most of it continues to drain through soil until it hits the water table. Not so with the nutrients locked up inside soil organisms, a state known as immobilization; these nutrients are eventully released as wastes, or mineralized. And when the plants themselves die and are allowed to decay in situ, the nutrients they retained are again immobilized in the fungi and bacteria that consume them. Just as important, every member of the soil food web has its place in the soil community. Each, be it on the surface or subsurface, plays a specific role. Elimination of just one group can drastically alter a soil community. Dung from mammals provides nutrients for beetles in the soil. Kill the mammals, or eliminate their habitat or food source, and you wont have so many beetles. It works in reverse as well. A healthy soil food web won't allow one set of members to get so strong as to destroy the web. If there are too many nematodes and protozoa, the bacteria and fungi on which they prey are in trouble and, ultimately, so are the plants in the area. And there are other benefits. The nets or webs fungi form around roots act as physical barriers to invasion and protect plants from pathogenic fungi and bacteria. Bacteria coat surfaces so thoroughly, there is no room for others to attach themselves. If something impacts these fungi or bacteria and their numbers drop or disappear, the plant can easily be attacked." Negative impacts on the soil food web --> |
Negative impacts on the soil food web "Chemical fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides affect the soil food web, toxic to some members, warding off others, and changing the environment. Important fungal and bacterial relationships don't form when a plant can get free nutrients. When chemically fed, plants bypass the microbial-assisted method of obtaining nutrients, and microbial populations adjust accordingly. Trouble is, you have to keep adding chemical fertilizers and using "-icides", because the right mix and diversity - the very foundation of the soil food web - has been altered. It makes sense that once the bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa are gone, other members of the soil food web disappear as well. Earthworms, for example, lacking food and irritated by the synthetic nitrates in soluble nitrogen fertilizers, move out. Since they are major shredders of organic material, their absence is a great loss. Soil structure deteriorates, watering can become problematic, pathogens and pests establish themselves and, worst of all, gardening becomes a lot more work than it needs to be. If the salt-based chemical fertilizers don't kill portions of the soil food web, rototilling (rotovating) will. This gardening rite of spring breaks up fungal hyphae, decimates worms, and rips and crushes arthropods. It destroys soil structure and eventually saps soil of necessary air. Any chain is only as strong as its weakest link: if there is a gap in the soil food web, the system will break down and stop functioning properly. Gardening with the soil food web is easy, but you must get the life back in your soils. First, however, you have to know something about the soil in which the soil food web operates; second, you need to know what each of the key members of the food web community does. Both these concerns are taken up in the rest of Part 1" of Teaming with Microbes - The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis ISBN-13:978-1-60469-113-9 Published 2010. This book explains in non-technical language how soil works and how you can improve your garden soil to make it suitable for what you plant and hopefully stop you using chemicals to kill this or that, but use your grass cuttings and prunings to mulch your soil - the leaves fall off the trees, the branches fall on the ground, the animals shit and die on the land in old woodlands and that material is then recycled to provide the nutrients for those same trees, rather than being carefully removed and sent to the dump as most people do in their gardens leaving bare soil." |
The following is from "A land of Soil, Milk and Honey" by Bernard Jarman in Star & Furrow Issue 122 January 2015 - Journal of the Biodynamic Association;_ "Soil is created in the first place through the activity of countlesss micro-organisms, earthworms and especially the garden worm (Lumbricus terrestris). This species is noticeably active in the period immediately before and immediately after mid-winter. In December we find it (in the UK) drawing large numbers of autumn leaves down into the soil. Worms consume all kinds of plant material along with sand and mineral substances. In form, they live as a pure digestive tract. The worm casts excreted from their bodies form the basis of a well-structured soil with an increased level of available plant nutrients:-
Worms also burrow to great depths and open up the soil for air and water to penetrate, increasing the scope of a fertile soil. After the earthworm, the most important helper of the biodynamic farmer is undoubetdly
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To locate mail-order nursery for plants from the UK in this gallery try using search in RHS Find a Plant. To locate plants in the European Union (EU) try using Search Term in Gardens4You and Meilland Richardier in France. To locate mail-order nursery for plants from America in this gallery try using search in Plant Lust. To locate plant information in Australia try using Plant Finder in Gardening Australia. |
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Amelanchier lamarcki |
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Semi- Evergreen Per |
Glossy, purple-brown tinted, deep-green, crinkly-textured leaves that are irregularly margined with cream and pink. Grow in rock garden. Attracts bees. Can be used in the container through summer and planted into the border or possibly raised beds for winter. |
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Arbutus menziesii |
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300 x 300 (750 x 750) |
Evergreen Tree |
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Arbutus unedo |
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240 x 300 (600 x 750) |
Evergreen Tree |
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Arctostaphylos patula |
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72 x 72 (180 x 180) |
Evergreen Shrub |
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Arundinaria auricoma |
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60 x 60 (150 x 150) |
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Arundinaria japonica |
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138 x 30 (345 x 75) |
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Arundinaria murielae |
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120 x 36 (300 x 90) |
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Athyrium filix-femina |
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48 x 24 (120 x 60) |
Deciduous Fern |
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Blechnum penna-marina |
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Evergreen Fern |
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Blechnum spicant |
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Evergreen Fern |
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Bocconia cordata |
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96 x 36 (240 x 90) |
Deciduous Rhizome |
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Arundinaria nitida |
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156 x 36 (390 x 90) |
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Abutilon mega-potamicum |
Chinese lantern, trailing abutilon |
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96 x 96 |
Evergreen Shrub |
Plant in well-drained moderately fertile soil, in light shade or bright sun. Extra water is needed if in an exposed position. In cool climates keep indoors until the worst frosts are past, then plant out for summer display. |
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Abutilon suntense |
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144 x 96 |
Deciduous Shrub |
Plant in well-drained moderately fertile soil, in bright sun. Extra water is needed if in an exposed position. In cool climates keep indoors until the worst frosts are past, then plant out for summer display. |
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Acacia dealbata |
Mimosa, silver wattle |
Later winter-spring |
Pale lemon to bright yellow globular |
600 x 300 |
Evergreen Tree |
Most acacias require well-drained soil and full sun. In mild climates they can become envron-mental weeds. They are often short-lived. |
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Acer cappadocium 'Aureum' |
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Arisarum proboscideum |
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Abelia grandiflora |
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Evergreen Shrub |
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Astrantia major |
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Herbaceous Per |
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Betula nana |
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Buxus microphylla |
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Evergreen Shrub |
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Buxus sempervirens |
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Evergreen Shrub |
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Buxus sempervirens |
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Evergreen Shrub |
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Betula ermanii |
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Betula papyrifera |
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Betula pendula 'Tristis' |
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Betula pendula 'Youngii' |
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Arum italicum 'Marmoratum' |
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Berberis thunbergeii |
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Berberis thunbergeii 'Bagatelle' |
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Berberis thunbergeii 'Red Chief' |
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Brunnera macrophylla |
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Asplenium scolopendrium |
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Berberis thunbergeii |
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Actinidia kolomikta |
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Akebia quinata |
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Alyssum montanum |
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Alyssum wulfenianum |
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Anthemis punctata cupaniana |
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Anthyllis montana |
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Arabis caucasica 'Variegata' |
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Agapanthus campanulatus groundcover grows on any, Lime-free (Acid) or Sandy Soil. |
Bell African lily |
Pale to dark lavender-blue. Agapanthus campan-ulatus P07282 from Hardy Plant Society. |
36 x 18 |
Herbaceous Per |
Rounded umbels of trumpet-shaped blue flowers are borne on strong stems in summer, above narrow, greyish-green leaves, which make a perfect backdrop for Pelargoniums. Protect crowns in winter with ash or mulch. Plant in tubs or large pots for summer display and move them indoors during the winter. Requires well-drained soil. Seedheads look attractive during the winter. Attracts bees. |
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White Bell African Lily |
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Lasts well in water. Rounded umbel of funnel-shaped flowers. Excellent in containers. |
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African lily |
Trumpet-shaped rich blue flowers fading to reddish-mauve Agapanthus 'Dorothy Palmer' P05300 from Hardy Plant Society. |
36 x 24 |
Herbaceous Per All Agapanthus contrast well with yellow flowers. Easily combined with kniphofia, crocosmia, phygelius, potentilla and iris. |
Strap-shaped narrow greyish-green leaves. Apply a deep winter mulch in cold areas. Seedheads look attractive during the winter. Partner with bright pink nerines, red hot pokers (Kniphofia) or crocosmia. |
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Dyer's agapan-thus |
Aug-Sep |
Mid to pale blue |
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Herbaceous Per |
Plants grow in grassland and in between rocks in mountainous terrain, forming large clumps. They occur in summer rainfall areas and do not survive extreme cold. Attracts butterflies, bees and birds. Water moderately in spring and summer. |
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Range of colours including pink, yellow and cream. Alcea rosea P04580 from Hardy Plant Society. Self-seeds. |
60-72 x 24 Use in cottage gardens and against fences or walls , with the following companion plants. |
Biennial |
Grown for their tall spikes of single flowers on rich, moist but well-drained soil. Stake plants on exposed sites and water copiously in dry spells. Renew each year due to possible rust problems. Soak with liquid manure occasionally when the flower spikes are developing. If not removing each year, then cut down to within 6 inches (15 cms) of soil after flowering. Will not tolerate wet winter soils. |
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Amsonia illustris |
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Anchusa azurea |
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Aster novi-belgii 'Royal Velvet' |
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Aster x frikartii 'Monch' |
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Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala (Acer ginnala) groundcover grows on any, clay, Lime-free (Acid) or Sandy Soil. |
Amur maple. Locally Invasive Species Category A in America |
Apr-May |
Cream from Commons-wikimedia |
336 x 300 (840 x 750) |
Deciduous Tree |
3-lobed leaves which turn red in autumn; cream flowers are followed by red fruit |
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Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea' |
Apr-Jun |
Deep blue |
6 x 36 |
Evergreen Per Bugle in Wildflower |
Reddish-purple foliage. Mat-forming. Full sun brings out the richest leaf colour on this creeping plant, but, if the foliage is to form a dense, ground-covering carpet, the roots must be fairly moist. It will put up with the poorest of soils so is good for planting around the base of trees/shrubs as well. |
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Bugle, Carpen-ter's herb |
Feb-May |
Sky Blue |
6 x 36 |
Evergreen Per, which inhibits weed growth, but will scorch in full sun. |
This has leaves which are basically green and cream but which are overlaid with a suffusion of bright pink and clear wine-red. Cold weather intensifies the foliage colour. In soils that retain moisture easily, this plant makes excellent ground-cover. |
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Blue |
6 x 24 |
Evergreen Per. Can be planted over spring bulbs such as snowdrops (Galanthus). Avoid planting adjacent to lawn areas since little islands of ajuga may start appearing in the grass. |
Use at edge of shady border to make an evergreen carpet of large, glossy, bronze-purple leaves and under deciduous trees and shrubs. Does not like to dry out. Rabbit and deer resistant. |
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Ajuga reptans 'Multicolor' |
Apr-May |
Blue |
6 x 24 |
Evergreen Per |
Use at woodland edge, between trees or shrubs in mostly light shade. Variegated white with green midrib. |
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Dark Blue |
6 x 24 |
Semi- Evergreen Per |
Glossy, purple-brown tinted, deep-green, crinkly-textured leaves that are irregularly margined with cream and pink. Grow in rock garden. Attracts bees. Can be used in the container through summer and planted into the border or possibly raised beds for winter. |
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4 x 20 |
Herbaceous Per |
On mountains in grassy and rocky places.The leaves condense moisture from the air. Plant in well-drained soil in autumn or spring. |
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Alchemilla conjuncta The colour of the Alchemilla flowers is derived from 2 rows of sepals, the flowers lack petals. |
Lady's mantle |
Jun-Sep |
Greenish-yellow |
16 x 12 |
Herbaceous Per |
Works well with most blue, purple, red, burgundy and red-violet flowers. Use with Grasses, White Foxgloves, Golden Marjoram, Geranium, Campanula, Dark Red Astilbe, 'Magic Carpet' Spiraea or use as groundcover under Roses. Star-shaped leaves with pale margins. Grows in all but boggy soils. |
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Herbaceous Per Planted as ground-cover in small niches in rock garden. |
Prefers cool, moist, well-drained conditions with shade from the hottest sun. Use in small gardens, containers, alpine troughs and for cut flowers. Self-seeding. Leaves are water-repellent. Rabbit resistant. |
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Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' groundcover grows on any, clay, Lime-free (Acid) or Sandy Soil. |
Ash weed, bishop's weed, gout-weed, ground ash, varie-gated ground elder, herb gerard |
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Compound umbels of numerous white, pink or cream flowers |
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Acid soils are typically very fertile, nutrient-rich, and moist with good drainage. The right conditions for some acid-loving plants can be created in containers of ericaceous compost. Acid soil is most common in places that experience heavy rainfall and have moister environments. Areas in red have acidic soil, areas in yellow are neutral and areas in blue have alkaline soil in the World Map. Find Me Plants has further details on other plants for acidic soils, when you set Soil ph in Part 1: Surveying the planting area to Acidic (sandy/peaty) soil. 203 plants that love acidic soils. Best plants for acid soil. Action to assist in Lime-Free (Acid) soil maintenance:-
Lime-Free Soil is Acid Soil Type and can be Peaty Soil.
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