SEASIDE

GARDENS

A NATURAL APPROACH

FOR BEAUTIFICATION

A ROCKY COAST

A NATURALIZED PLANTING

SCREENS SEA WALL AND FENCE

COASTAL PLANTS ON WEST ISLAND

“THE SEA IS THE PRINCIPLE PART OF THE

DESIGN.”

LEAVES OF A

DROUGHT AND

WIND TOLERANT

PLANT

A HARDY COASTAL PERENNIAL

A COTTAGE GARDEN

MICRO CLIMATES FOR DIVERSITY

INTRODUCING RED CEDARS

AMENDING THE SOIL

COASTAL PLANTS

BROUGHT INTO THE LANDSCAPE

MASSING =

DRAMA

COURTYARD PROTECTION

AMELANCHIAR CANADENSIS AND LAEVIS

15-25’ SPRING BLOOM

NATIVE COASTAL TREES

CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA

PAGODA DOGWOOD 15-20’

NATIVE COASTAL SHRUBS

PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS

NINEBARK 6-10’ BLOOMS LATE SPRING

LINDERA BENZOIN

EARLY SPRING BLOOM

SPICEBUSH UP TO 12’

ROSA VIRGINIANA

4-6’ IN SANDY SOIL

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA

BUTTERFLY WEED

NATIVE COASTAL PERENNIALS

HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS

ROSE MALLOW

NEW ENGLAND ASTER

CAREX STRICTA

NATIVE COASTAL GRASSES

ERAGROSTIS SPECTABILIS

PURPLE LOVEGRASS

PANICUM

VIRGATUM

RESOURCES

LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS

TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE

• www.uri.edu/cels/ceoc/coastalPlants/CoastalPlantGuide.htm

• www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/

• www.grownativemass.org/

• www.riwps.org/nativeplantlibrary.htm

• www.ct-botanical-society.org

• Foley, Daniel J., Gardening by the Sea, Chilton Book Co., 1965.

• Backus, Dick, Botany of Penikese Island, Botanical Club of Cape Cod

and the Islands,1999.

• mrapoza@foxrunlandscapes.com