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Old 02-10-2007, 07:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default plant recommendations for damp shallow and acid soil needed


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"Rhiannon_s" writes:
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| Thank you both for that, quick question is that don't those need a richer
| soil? It is very poor and stony.

That's what I was expecting :-( My list will grow, though not fast
or large, in such soil (I believe), as will Scots pine and probably
juniper. But things like Rhododendrons will not like it, not at all,
and I could be wrong about some of my list.

The problem is that poor and stony soil dries out in the occasional
dry spell that even the Highlands get. Anything that hates drought
will last until that happens and then probably drop dead.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.