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Coastal / seaside gardens

Strong winds, salty air and difficult soil (clay, chalky, sandy or acidic) can make coastal gardening a challenge. But there are things which you can do to help. Most importantly create a windbreak to filter the wind. The best windbreaks "filter" the wind rather than blocking it completely. You can of course use man-made structures such as a fence but equally a living windbreak works well. If your garden gets the wind straight off the coast you will ideally need a fence (60% solid, 40% open). Next a living windbreak comprised of a hedge or dense groupings of tough trees or large shrubs. You can have a further living windbreak of smaller trees or shrubs. Within this protective border you can add plants that cope with your soil type and be protected from the worst of the coastal environment. ; Top tip: Reduce wind rock by staking new plants really well, in particular trees, shrubs and some perennials, to protect them from the wind as they get established and their roots a chance to develop. Also prune appropriately and at the right times of year, to reduce wind rock.

Best coastal & seaside plants

18 plants

Coastal garden - acidic soil

4232 plants

Coastal garden - chalky soil

3169 plants

Coastal garden - clay soil

1447 plants

Coastal garden - sandy soil

1466 plants

All plants (4733)

Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell'

Black widow, Mourning widow, Dusky cranesbill

Geranium phaeum 'Margaret Wilson'

Black widow, Mourning widow, Dusky cranesbill

Geranium phaeum 'Raven'

Black widow, Mourning widow, Dusky cranesbill

Geranium phaeum 'Samobor'

Black widow, Mourning widow, Dusky cranesbill

Geranium phaeum var. lividum

Black widow, Mourning widow, Dusky cranesbill

Geranium phaeum var. lividum 'Joan Baker'

Black widow, Mourning widow, Dusky cranesbill

Geranium platypetalum

Flat petalled hairy cranesbill

Geranium pratense

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Algera Double'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Cluden Sapphire'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Hocus Pocus'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Lilacina'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Plenum Caeruleum'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Plenum Violaceum'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Purple Haze'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Silver Queen'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Sriatum'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense 'Victor Reiter'

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense Black Beauty = 'Nodbeauty'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense var. pratense f. albiflorum

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense var. pratense f. albiflorum 'Galactic'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense var. pratense f. albiflorum 'Laura'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense var. stewartianum 'Elizabeth Yeo'

Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium

Geranium psilostemon

Armenian cranesbill

Geranium psilostemon 'Bressingham Flair'

Armenian cranesbill

Geranium psilostemon 'Catherine Deneuve'

Armenian cranesbill

Geranium renardii

Renard's geranium

Geranium renardii 'Tcschelda'

Renard's geranium

Geranium renardii 'Whiteknights'

Renard's geranium

Geranium sanguineum

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum 'Album'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum 'Canon Miles'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'Cedric Morris'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum 'Elsbeth'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'Feu d'Automne'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum 'John Elsley'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum 'Nyewood'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'Pink Pouffe'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'Shepherd's Warning'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum 'Vision Light Pink'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum 'Vision Violet'

Bloody cranesbill, Blood red cranesbill, Blood red geranium

Geranium sanguineum Alan Bloom = 'Bloger'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum var. striatum

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum var. striatum 'Splendens'

Blood red geranium, Bloody cranesbill