Chalky Soil

A tall, hardy, strong-smelling perennial, growing to 1.2 m (4 ft.), it has square, hollow stems, with deeply lobed, prominently...

A hardy biennial (or short-lived perennial if flower heads are cut before seeding), it grows on a taproot, from 50...

A hardy, twining, herbaceous climber, it has clinging hairy stems and 3-7 lobed palmate leaves. Male and female flowers are...

An evergreen subshrub, 60 cm (2 ft.) in height, it has linear, silver-grey leaves and clusters of yellow button-shaped flowers...

A rather undistinguished, hardy perennial plant, growing from 20-60 cm (8-24 in), with downy stems, three-lobed leaves and tiny, yellow,...

A hardy herbaceous perennial, it grows on a thick taproot, to a height of 1-2 m (3-6 ft.). Erect stems...

An annual herb, 15-30 cm (6-12 in) tall, with trailing stems, small, finely divided grey-green leaves and racemes of tubular,...

An annual semi-parasitic herb, 5-30 cm (2-12 in) in height, it attaches itself to the roots and stems of grasses,...

The only plant in the Cnicus genus, sometimes classified ’as Carduus benedicts. It is an annual with hairy, branched stems,...

A bushy perennial, 1-1.5 m (3-5 ft.) tall, it has ovate, dull-green leaves, bearing single, purple-brown, bell-shaped flowers in the...