Archive for the 'Coastal Planting' Category

Finding plants that will tolerate second line coastal conditions can be a problem. This is another supplementary list of Australian Native Plants from an old book.
Australian Native Plants For Second Line Coastal Plantings
Acacia aculeatissima
Acacia baileyana
Acacia calamifolia
Acacia cultriformis
Acacia elata
Acacia elongata
Acacia glaucescens
Acacia lasiocarpa
Actinostrobus pyramidalis
Actinotus helianthus
Actinotus minor
Agonis flexuosa
Agonis juniperina
Angophora costata
Angophora floribunda
Anigozanthos flavidus and hybrids
Astroloma conostephioides
Astroloma humifusum

Here are two short lists of Australian Native plants suitable for coastal planting.
It would be best if you consulted a local native plant nursery catalogue to check on heights and drainage/soil requirements. For example, in our 320 mm rainfall some of these would be quite reasonable for a suburban backyard. However the [...]

I find Eremophila splendens to be a spectacular plant when in flower. The bright red flowers glow against the foliage which is quite hairy similar to some Eremophila glabra forms. This plant needs very good drainage. It is either a sprawling low plant or can be quite upright.
Eremophila splendens is restricted to Shark Bay about [...]

I thought I would just list the plants from a list I have in an old book and not worry about their tolerance to alkaline soil. I can work on that list later.
Plants suitable for 1st line coastal planting.
Carpobrotus glaucescens
Carpobrotus modestos
Carpobrotus rossii
Disphyma crassifolia
Epacris stuartii
Frankenia angustipetala
Frankeniapauciflora
Hibbertia scandens
Ipomoea brasiliensis
Isolepis nodosa
Kennedia glabrata
Myoporum parvifolium
Pimelea ferruginea
Scaevola aemula
Scaevola calendulacea
Scaevola crassifolia
Scaevola [...]

The making of plant lists for these situations is trickier than I thought. Where does 1st line coast begin and end? The Australian Plant Society has decided that the sea front is 1st line coast. This could be a distance of 50-100 metres from the water. Plants that can be grown need to have tolerance [...]