1. SEASIDE
GARDENS
A NATURAL
APPROACH
FOR
BEAUTIFICATION

2. A ROCKY COAST

3. A NATURALIZED PLANTING
SCREENS SEA WALL AND FENCE

4. COASTAL PLANTS ON WEST ISLAND

5. “THE SEA IS THE PRINCIPLE PART OF THE
DESIGN.”

6. LEAVES OF A
DROUGHT AND
WIND TOLERANT
PLANT

7. A HARDY COASTAL PERENNIAL

8. A COTTAGE GARDEN

9. MICRO CLIMATES FOR DIVERSITY

10. INTRODUCING RED CEDARS

11. AMENDING THE SOIL

12. COASTAL PLANTS
BROUGHT INTO THE LANDSCAPE

13. MASSING =
DRAMA

15. COURTYARD PROTECTION

16. NATIVE COASTAL TREES
AMELANCHIAR CANADENSIS AND LAEVIS
15-25’ SPRING BLOOM
CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA
PAGODA DOGWOOD 15-20’

17. 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

18. NATIVE COASTAL PERENNIALS
ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA
BUTTERFLY WEED
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS
ROSE MALLOW
NEW ENGLAND ASTER

19. NATIVE COASTAL GRASSES
CAREX STRICTA
PANICUM
VIRGATUM
ERAGROSTIS SPECTABILIS
PURPLE LOVEGRASS

20. RESOURCES
• 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
LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS
TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE