Coastal Gardens
Few plants can tolerate direct exposure to salt spray, however a good number will live in coastal gardens given a little shelter and tender loving care.
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Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'
- A bright pink, summer flowering Achillea thriving in sunny, dry gardens.
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Araucaria araucana
- Bizarre prickly architectural conifer from Chile, grown as a specimen tree.
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Arbutus unedo
- Large shrub or small tree with attractive brown bark and unusual fruits
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Brachyglottis greyi
- Mound forming shrub with silvery-grey foliage and bright yellow daisy-like flowers. Often mis-labelled as Scenecio greyi.
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Buddleja davidii
- A large deciduous shrub flowering mid to late summer and loved by bees and butterflies.
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Clematis montana
- Vigourous woody climber producing masses of simple pink or white flowers in late spring and early summer.
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Cotoneaster horizontalis
- Extremely versatile ground cover, wall or rockery shrub. Very good for wildlife especially loved by bees.
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Embothrium coccineum
- A large tender evergreen shrub or small tree which produces clusters of bright red tubular flowers. Best suited to a coastal or city climates.
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Garrya elliptica
- A large winter interest evergreen shrub grown for its extra long catkins.
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Gaultheria mucronata
- One of the very best low level shrubs providing long lasting colour in flower and fruit.
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Lychnis coronaria
- A short lived perennial with silver leaves and the brightest of cerise flowers.
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Olearia macrodonta
- Architectural evergreen suitable for coastal gardens becoming smothered in daisy-like flowers during mid summer.
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Pinus sylvestris
Large evergreen tree found in large gardens and commonly used in shelter belts
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Pyracantha coccinea
A versatile shrub grown for its wildlife interest, attractive berries and defensive thorns.
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Skimmia japonica
- Shade loving evergreen shrub with long lasting flower buds followed by scented white flowers in spring.
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Viburnum tinus
- Easy care winter flowering shrub suitable for most gardens.