Soil type

Chalk soil plants

This list is plants tagged for chalk or thin alkaline ground. The tag is a starting set, not a soil-chemistry how-to.

Open a profile for pH honesty, drainage, and sun before you plant.

What this tag means on a plant

1. Chalk is a soil-type tag, not a lime recipe.
2. Alkaline-pH plants may overlap — still open the profile.
3. Clay and sand lists are separate catalogs.

Plants for Chalk soil plants (6027)

• Iceland Poppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Lesser Calamint Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Whirling Butterflies Gaura Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Gaura Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Black Locust Full Sun30–50 ft (910–1520 cm)
• Japanese Loquat Full Sun10–25 ft (310–760 cm)
• Hazel Full Sun10–20 ft (310–610 cm)
• Leyland cypress Full Sun60–70 ft (1830–2130 cm)
• Texas Kidneywood Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Rugosa Rose Full Sun4–6 ft (120–180 cm)
• Yellow Coneflower Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Rose 'Hansa' Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Dog Rose Full Sun3–15 ft (90–460 cm)
• Common Olive Full Sun20–30 ft (610–910 cm)
• Gardener's Garters Full Sun2–4 ft (60–120 cm)
• Gardener's Garters 'Feesey' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• California Brittlebush Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Greenlee Moor Grass Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Autumn Moor Grass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Chamiso Full Sun3–6 ft (90–180 cm)
• Multiflora Rose Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• California Laurel Full Sun20–80 ft (610–2440 cm)
• Red Alder Full Sun40–50 ft (1220–1520 cm)
• Verdigris Brass Buttons Full Sun1–2 in (3–5 cm)
• Sweet Briar Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Roundleaf Ragwort Full Sun2 ft (60 cm)
• Mountain Mint Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• California Buckthorn Full Sun6–15 ft (180–460 cm)
• Engelmann's Daisy Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Colorado Four O'Clock Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Silver Buffaloberry Full Sun8–12 ft (240–370 cm)
• Winterfat Full Sun1–3 ft (30–90 cm)
• Nootka Rose Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Northern Bush Honeysuckle Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Woolgrass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Purple Lovegrass Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Selfheal Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)
• Blue Wild Rye Full Sun1–5 ft (30–150 cm)
• Meadow Barley Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Baja Bush Snapdragon Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Kodiak® Orange Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Black Diervilla x 'G2X88544' Full Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Kodiak® Fresh™ Diervilla x 'SMNDSS' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Indian Grass 'Sioux Blue' Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Indian Grass Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Spanish Broom Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Angels Trumpets Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Scotch Broom Full Sun3–5 ft (90–150 cm)
• Golden Chain Tree Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Asian Bittersweet Full Sun30–60 ft (910–1830 cm)
• Pipevine Full Sun15–30 ft (460–910 cm)
• Bush Allamanda Full Sun4–5 ft (120–150 cm)
• Cherry Allamanda Full Sun6–10 ft (180–310 cm)
• Chinese Evergreen 'Siam Aurora' Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Daphne 'Carol Mackie' Partial Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Rose Daphne Full Sun12 in (30 cm)
• Daphne × transatlantica 'Blafra' Full Sun2–3 ft (60–90 cm)
• Winter Daphne 'Aureomarginata' Partial Sun3–4 ft (90–120 cm)
• Yesterday Full Sun3–8 ft (90–240 cm)
• Blackspot Hornpoppy Full Sun1–2 ft (30–60 cm)