Coastal Gardens
This page looks at the design style of Coastal Gardens
What makes a Coastal Garden?
Close to the sea.
Principles
Often space between plants showing the surface of the garden rather than full coverage of plants and mulch
Common design elements
Silvered off timber
Boulders
Sand
Plantings
Shrubs
Correa alba
Banksia marginata
Rhagodia sp.
Australian Grasses
Austrostipa stipoides
Trees
Banksia integrifolia
Low Cover
Carpobrotus sp.
Adaptations of Plants for Coastal Areas
Salt Tolerance
Wind Tolerance
Good Drainage