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Home > Resources > Solutions > Plants for the Seaside

Gardening and plant choices for seaside gardens is a challenge for landscape professionals and homeowners alike. Not only is the air and soil perpetually salty but often a seaside garden is buffeted by a steady and often ferocious winds that can whip salt spray and sand to blast even the toughest plants. Since our nursery is located less then a mile from the Pacific Ocean and there are many nearby coastal gardens, we asked regularly which plants perform best in these conditions. In 1998 the nursery put together an display for the Santa Barbara Fair and Expo displaying plants appropriate for gardens near the beach and we added the ability to search our website for these plants. The following list searches our current database for plants most tolerant of these conditions. Even more information can be found on our Seaside Tolerant Plant List. This list was put together at San Marcos Growers by compiling many other beachside lists to create what we believe to be the most exstensive beach planting list available.

Plants for the Seaside
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Acacia boormanii Snowy River Wattle - Fine textured upright evergreen shrub to 15 ft tall by 12 ft. wide. Full sun. Drought tolerant. Yellow flowers in spring. Hardy to 10-15 degrees F. 
Acacia podalyriifolia Pearl Acacia - Evergreen small tree 20' tall x 15' wide w/ round gray leaves. Full sun. Drought tolerant. Yellow flwrs in winter-spring. Hardy to 20-25 degrees F. 
Adenanthos x cunninghamii Albany Woollybush - Evergreen fine textured low shrub 3' high by 7' wide w/gray leaves and red flowers in spring/fall. Full sun. Drought tolerant. 20-25 degrees F. 
Aeonium arboreum 'Electra' Purple Pinwheel Aeonium - Succulent w/uniform heads of purple lvs on 1-2' tall stems & yellow summer flwrs. Full/part sun. Well drained soil. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 28F. 
Aeonium balsamiferum Balsam Houseleek - Succulent w/rosettes of green lvs on 3-4' tall stems & yellow flwrs spring/ summer. Full/part sun. Well drained soil. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 25F. 
Aeonium 'Blushing Beauty' Blushing Aeonium - Succulent w/red tinged green leaves in rosettes on 1-2' tall stems. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Irrigate occasionally. Hardy to 25-30F. 
Aeonium canariensis var. virgineum Virgin Ravine Aeonium - Clustering succulent to 12" tall w/rosettes of red tinged fuzzy green lvs. Full coastal sun to light shade. Occasional water. Hardy to 25 degrees F 
Aeonium ciliatum Succulent w/gray-green lvs in rosettes on stout-stems 4-6' tall & white summer flwrs . Full sun(coastal)/light shade. Occasional water. Hardy 25-30 F. 
Aeonium 'Cyclops' Giant Red Aeonium - Succulent w/red-tinged lvs w/green center in rosettes on 3-4' tall stems. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Low water needs. Hardy to 25-30F. 
Aeonium 'Plum Purdy' Plum Purdy Aeonium - Succulent to 2-3' tall w/rosettes of plum colored lvs & spring yellow flwrs. Full sun in well drained soil. Irrigate occasionally. Hardy to 25-30F. 
Aeonium 'Purple Queen' Succulent 2-3' tall w/ large green centered red leafy rosettes & yellow flowers in summer. Part sun. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 25-30 F. 
Aeonium 'Sunburst' Copper Pinwheel - Succulent to 18" tall w/ 1' wide rosettes of white variegated green leaves edged coppery red. Little irrigation required. Hardy to about 28 F. 
Aeonium 'Superb' Red Aeonium - Succulent 2-3' tall w/red tinged green lvs in rosettes - red deepens. Full sun. Well drained soil. Irrigate occasionally/little. Hardy to 25-30F. 
Aeonium undulatum Stalked Aeonium - Succulent w/green lvs in rosettes on stout-stems to 3' tall. Summer flwrs drk yellow. Full sun(coastal)/light shade. Summer water. Hardy 25-30 F. 
Aeonium 'Voodoo' Giant Red Aeonium - Succulent w/red-tinged green leaves in rosettes on 4-5' tall stems. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Low water needs. Hardy to 25-30F. 
Agapanthus praecox ssp. minimus 'Storms River Haze' Storms River Lily of the Nile - Evergreen strapped leaf perennial to 2' w/near white blue-gray flwrs to 3-4' in summer. Sun/Light Shade. Average water. Hardy to 20-25 degrees F. 
Agapanthus 'Storm Cloud' Dark Blue Agapanthus - Evergreen strapped leaf perennial to 2' w/deep blue flwr to 3-4' in late spring-summer. Sun/Light Shade. Average h2o. Hardy to 20-25 degrees F. 
Agave attenuata Fox Tail Agave - Succulent rosettes of soft pale green lvs massing to 4-5'+ tall/wide. Arching flower stalks. Full Sun(coastal)/Shade. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 28F. 
Agave 'Blue Flame' Clumping succulent w/blue-green rosettes 2 1/2' tall by 3' wide spreading to 6+' wide. Full sun. Little/ regular iH20 Hardy to 25 F. (ISI 2005-6). 
Agave 'Cornelius' Quasimoto Agave - Dwarf Century Plant to 18" tall with variegated green & yellow leaves Full sun. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 15 F(AKA A a.'Marginata Aurea Monstrosa') 
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