Plants for Acid Soils

Trees

  • Acer

  • Amelanchier

  • Chamaecyparis (Cypress)

  • Sorbus (Rowan)

  • Stuartia

  • Styrax (Japanese Snowbell)

Shrubs

  • Azaleas

  • Callistemon (Bottlebrush)

  • Calluna (Summer flowering Heather)

  • Camellia

  • Erica (Summer flowering Heather including tree Heathers)

  • Gaultheria (Box Berry)

  • Hamamelis (Witch Hazel)

  • Kalmia (Calico Bush)

  • Kolkwitzia

  • Leptospermum

  • Pieris (Lily of the Valley shrub)

  • Rhododendrons

  • Skimmia

  • Vaccinium (Blueberry)

Perennials

  • Azaleas

  • Callistemon (Bottlebrush)

  • Calluna (Summer flowering Heather)

  • Camellia

  • Erica (Summer flowering Heather including tree Heathers)

  • Gaultheria (Box Berry)

  • Hamamelis (Witch Hazel)

  • Kalmia (Calico Bush)

  • Kolkwitzia

  • Leptospermum

  • Pieris (Lily of the Valley shrub)

  • Rhododendrons

  • Skimmia

  • Vaccinium (Blueberry)

Alpines

  • Gentiana (Gentian – some varieties)

  • Lewisia

  • Lithodorna