What are Some Alkaline Tolerant Plants?
Gardening with alkaline soil isn’t a challenge when you use alkaline-tolerant plants. Below is a list of many suitable plants for alkaline soil. Trees
Silver Maple Buckeye Hackberry Green Ash Honey Locust Ironwood Austrian Pine Burr Oak Tamarisk
Shrubs
Barberry Smoke Bush Spirea Cotoneaster Panicle Hydrangea Hydrangea Juniper Potentilla Lilac Viburnum Forsythia Boxwood Euonymus Mock Orange Weigela Oleander
Annuals/Perennials
Dusty Miller Geranium Yarrow Cinquefoil Astilbe Clematis Coneflower Daylily Coral Bells Honeysuckle Vine Hosta Creeping Phlox Garden Phlox Salvia Brunnera Dianthus Sweet Pea
Herbs/Vegetables
Lavender Thyme Parsley Oregano Asparagus Sweet Potato Okra Beets Cabbage Cauliflower Cucumber Celery
As you can see, there are a number of plants that will tolerate alkaline soil in the garden. So if you don’t want to fool around with changing the pH levels in the soil, it is quite possible to find a plant suitable for planting in an alkaline garden.
