From the pages of Fine Gardening Magazine

15 Seaside Selections

Plants that grow well in salty, windy, and sandy conditions

Beach plum
 
Beach plum
Catmint
Catmint
Salt spray rose
Salt spray rose
1. American beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata, Zones 3-8)

2. Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica, Z3-6)

3. Beach plum (Prunus maritima, Z3-6)

4. Beach wormwood (Artemisia stelleriana, Z3-7)

5. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa, Z4-9)

6. Catmints (Nepeta spp. and cvs., Z4-8)

7. Fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides, Z6-9)

8. Lavender cotton (Santolina rosmarinifolia, Z6-9)

9. Montauk daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum, Z6-10)

10. Salt spray rose (Rosa rugosa, Z2-9)

11. Sea lavender (Limonium latifolium, Z4-9)

12. Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens, Z4-8)

13. St. John's wort (Hypericum 'Hidcote', Z6-9)

14. Summersweet (Clethera alnifolia, Z3-9)

15. Wand flower (Gaura lindheimeri, Z6-9)

Photos: Jennifer Benner

From Fine Gardening #88, p. 16
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