sea side gardens
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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.