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Planting for Coastal Gardening and Exposed Sites

Plants, hedges and trees for coastal areas

A must for any exposed situation is to provide shelter, and the following lists (though by no means extensive), are a guide to what will survive and flourish on the coast.

More ideas and lists are available in Coastal Gardening by John Bickerton.

Shelter Hedges:

( Please note that escallonias have had a hard time recently with various diseases , be sure to purchase a good, healthy plant, and do not replant where a diseased plant came out.)

These are suitable for very exposed gardens:

Berberis x Stenophylla

Berberis Thunbergii

Eleagnus macrophylla

Eleagnus x 'Ebbingei'

Escallonia 'Crimson Spire'

Escallonia 'Red Hedger'

Escallonia x Iveyi

Escallonia Macrantha

Griselinia Littoralis

Hippophae Rhamnoides "Sea Buckthorn"

Olearia Macrodonta