Help - How to carpet a chalk bank? (with pics)

I really can't think of anything that would like growing in the that chalk, unless you dig in to make some pockets and fill them with a bit of soil. Semperviviens like growing in my chalky soil, but even those need a little soil.

 

I've got very similar chalk banks in my garden following on from some building work. I'm planning to build tiered retaining walls against the chalk and then put soil back on top. Then I can plant trailing plants in the soil over the walls.



The only thing that might grow directly in the chalk would be ivy. So I'll be interested to see if you find any other plants that would do.

 

I'll be interested to see how you get on John. You've really got cliffs rather than banks

One thing I've found is that chalk cliffs/banks are very stable when cut like that, the chalk seems to set solid like concrete after it rains which binds all the loose stuff together.