Rock Plants or Alkaline Soil

The following list gives a few examples of the hardy rock plants that can tolerate growing in very alkaline soils:

  • Aethionema (Candytuft)
  • Alyssum
  • Anemone multifida (Windflower)
  • Aubrieta
  • Campanula (Bellflower)
  • Dianthus (Pink)
  • Draba (Whitlowgrass)
  • Erysimum helveticum (Swiss treacle mustard)
  • Geranium farreri
  • Gypsophila repens (Creeping baby's breath)
  • Helianthemum (Rockrose)
  • Leontopodium alpinum (Edelweiss)
  • Linaria alpine (Alpine toadflax)
  • Origanum (Marjoram)
  • Papaver burseri (Alpine poppy)
  • Papaver miyabeanum (Japanese poppy)
  • Pulsatilla (Pasque flower)
  • Rhodanthemum hosmariense (Rhodanthemum)
  • Saponaria ocymoides (Rose soapwort)
  • Saxifraga (Saxifrage)
  • Sedum
  • Sempervivum
  • Silene schafta (Campion)
  • Thymus caespititius (Azoricus thyme)