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Alkaline or chalky soils will support a wide range of plants, although not the colourful acid-lovers, such as rhododendrons and camellias.

Syringa, Lilac
 Latin name:Syringa
 Common name:Lilac
 Type of plant:Tree
 Hardiness:Hardy
 Flower colour:White to purple
 Leaf colour:Mid-green
 Height and spread:1.5m to 4m x 1.5m to 5m (4.9ft to 13.1ft x 4.9ft to 17ft)
 Description:
These cottage garden favourites produce scented spring flowers. To encourage the best displays cut back a few branches hard every year.


Weigela
 Latin name:Weigela
 Common name:Weigela
 Type of plant:Shrub
 Hardiness:Hardy
 Flower colour:White to pink to red
 Leaf colour:Green or variegated
 Height and spread:1.5m to 2.5m x 1m to 2m (4.9ft to 8.2ft x 3.3ft x 6.6ft)
 Description:
Easy to grow in a sunny position, these deciduous shrubs produce masses of funnel-shaped flowers in late spring and summer. Cut out a third of the stems after flowers.


Lilium candidum, Madonna lily
 Latin name:Lilium candidum
 Common name:Madonna lily
 Type of plant:Bulb
 Hardiness:Hardy
 Flower colour:White
 Leaf colour:Mid-green
 Height and spread:2m x 25cm (6.6ft x 10in)
 Description:
One of the finest lilies, its stiff flowering stems carry 15 to 20 trumpet-shaped flowers which flare widely at the mouth.


Dianthus, Pink
 Latin name:Dianthus
 Common name:Pink
 Type of plant:Annual or perennial
 Hardiness:Hardy
 Flower colour:White, yellow, pink and red
 Leaf colour:Silver-grey
 Height and spread:45cm x 35cm (1.5ft x1.2ft)
 Description:
One of the most popular lime-loving plants on account of the scented flowers that are produced throughout the summer. Great planted en masse as a bed filler or in containers


Philadelphus, Mock orange
 Latin name:Philadelphus
 Common name:Mock orange
 Type of plant:Shrub
 Hardiness:Hardy
 Flower colour:White
 Leaf colour:Dark green
 Height and spread:3m to 5m x 3m to 5m (9.8ft to 17ft x 9.8ft x 17ft)
 Description:
Deciduous, open branched shrub with oval, leaves that set off the masses of flowers that smell like orange blossom, and appear in clusters on short side branches.



Related plant lists:


Plants for clay soil
Plants for sandy soil
Plants for silty soil
Plants for loamy soil

Plants for acid soil
Plants for alkaline soil