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PLANTS FOR SEASHORE CONDITIONS |
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As in any landscape project, a site analysis is recommended before the design and construction stages. This is especially true as a careful selection of plants is very important for coastal landscapes. Plants must be tolerant of extreme adverse conditions in the natural environment. The most influencing force is salt spray. Sand, temperature and wind are also influencing factors in plant choice. In unprotected areas it is recommended to select those plants which can withstand these native conditions. Plants that are injured by spray or strong wind will grow near the sea if protected by buildings or by screen plantings, therefore, the use of many ornaments along with native trees and shrubs can be incorporated into a plan. Below are listed several trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and vines which withstand normal seashore conditions. DECIDUOUS TREES Acer platanoides | Norway Maple | Acer rubrum | Red Maple | Betula nigra | River Birch | Gleditsia triacanthos | Honeylocust | Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore | Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherrylaurel | Quercus alba | White Oak | Quercus coccianea | Scarlet Oak | Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak | Quercus stellata | Post Oak | Salix species | Willow | | | |
EVERGREEN TREES Begotia capitata | Brazilian Butia | Ilex opaca | American Holly | Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Holly | Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar | Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia | Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay | Persea borbonia | Redbay | Picea glauca | White Spruce |
Pinus densiflora | Japanese Red Pine | Pinus montana mughus | Mugho Pine | Pinus nigra | Austrian Pine | Pinus sylvestris | Scotch Pine | Pinus tarta | Loblolly Pine | Quercus virginiana | Live Oak | Sabel palmetto | Cabbage Palmetto |
DECIDUOUS/SEMI-EVERGREEN SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS Amelanchier canadensis | Downy Shadblow | Baccharis halimifolia | Eastern Baccharis | Berberis thungergi | Japanese Barberry | Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | Cotinus coggygria | Common Smoketree | Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn Elaeagnus | Ligustrum ibota | Ibota Privet | Ligustrum ovalifolium | California Privet | Lonicera tatarica | Tatarian Honeysuckle | Myrica pennsylvanica | Northern Bayberry | Prunus maritima | Shrub Oak | Rhus copallina | Flameleaf Sumac | Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Rosa wichuraina | Wichura Rose | Spirea species | Spireas, all kings | Tamarix gallica | French Tamarisk |
EVERGREEN SHRUBS Cleyera Japonica | Cleyera | Elaeagnus pungens | Russian Olive | Euonymus japonicus | Evergreen Euonymus | Fatsia japonica | Japanese Fatsia | Ilex vomitoria nana | Dwarf Yaupon Holly | Juniperus chinensis ‘pfitzer jana’ | Pfitzer juniper | Juniperus conferta | Shore juniper | Juniperus horizontalis | Creeping juniper | Ligustrum japonicum | Japanese Ligustrum | Ligustrum lucidum | Glossy privet | Myrica cerifera | Southern Waxmyrtle | Nerium oleander | Oleander |
Pittosporum tobira | Japanese Pittosporum | Podocarpus macrophyllus maki | Yew Podocarpus | Ralphiolepis umbellata | Yeddo Raphiolepis | Tamarix gallica | Salt Cedar | Yucca varieties | Yucca |
VINES Campsis radicans | Trumpetcreeper | Clelmatis paniculata | Clematis | Euonymus fortunei | Wintercreeper | Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine | Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet Honeysuckle | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Vitis rotundifolia Michx | Muscadine Grape | Wisteria sinensis | Chinese Wisteria | | | | ANNUALS | | | | | Calendua | Joseph’s Coat | California Poppy | Love-Lies-Bleeding | Calliposis | Marigold | Cape Marigold | Petunia | Castor Bean | Protuclaca | Cockscomb | Prince’s Feather | Cornflower | Scotch Pink | Drummond Phlox | Snow-on-the-Mountain | Dwarf Nasturtium | Spiderflower | Feather Cockscomb | Strawflower | Four-O-Clock | Stock | Garden Balsam | Sunflower | Gaillardia | SweetAlyssum | Godetia Zinnia | | Heliopsis | |
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