Coastal
Coastal conditions can vary remarkably; this is why we have included two coastal plant categories. Please go to the Extreme Coastal category if you live right on the beach.
Many plants will thrive in coastal conditions and there are many varieties to choose from. They are easy to care for and have a natural and casual feel. The key to success is proper preparation of the area for maximum performance of the plants, as sandy soil is the main enemy in these conditions. Water and nutrients will drain straight through the soil.
Key Features
- Silver, blues and grey foliage and flowers, resembling the sea
- Soft, natural tones: sand, sandstone, rocks, grey timbers, driftwood
- Often resembles the randomisation of a cottage garden
- Low growing, shapely shrubs (often dwarf varieties) with a select few structural feature trees
Maintenance
Quite low as the Coastal garden needs to be able to handle the harsh conditions of the coast at all times. The sandy soil and wind are the two biggest issues near the coast as the soil allows all water and nutrients to drain away rapidly and the wind dries the plants out whilst pushing them around a lot, which can weaken their roots and branches.
Tools
Shovel, secateurs, loppers, shears, hose, watering can, gardening gloves
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Acacia ‘Blackwood’ Wattle
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Acacia ‘Bridgewater Bay’ 6″ Pot
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Acacia ‘Brisbane Golden Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Cootamundra Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Fettuccini’
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Acacia ‘Flinders Ranges Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Golden Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Gossamer Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Lightwood’ Wattle
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Acacia ‘Lime Magik’
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Acacia ‘Little Nugget’
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Acacia ‘Narrow Leaf Bower Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Silver Wattle’
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Acacia ‘Sticky Wattle’ 6″ Pot
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Acacia cognata ‘Dazzler’
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Acacia cognata ‘Limelight’
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Acacia linearifolia ‘Stringy Bark Wattle’ 10″ Pot
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Acacia mearnsii ‘Common Black Wattle’
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Acacia myrtifolia ‘Myrtle Wattle’ 6″ Pot
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Acacia paradoxa ‘Prickly Wattle’ 10″ Pot
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Acacia purpurea ‘Cootamundra Wattle’
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Acer ‘Sycamore’ Maple 13″ Pot
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Acmena ‘Firescreen’ Lilly Pilly
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Acmena ‘Moonlight Flame’ (Variegated) Lilly Pilly
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Acmena ‘Sublime’ Lilly Pilly
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Acmena minor ‘Dwarf Lilly Pilly’
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Acmena smithii ‘Lilly Pilly’
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Adenanthos ‘Coastal Jug Flower’ 6″ Pot
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Adenanthos ‘Silver Streak’ Woolly Bush
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Adenanthos ‘Woolly Bush’
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Aeonium ‘Green Houseleek’ Succulent
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Aeonium ‘Purple Rose’ Succulent
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Agapanthus ‘Baby Pete’ PBR 6″ Pot
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Agapanthus ‘Dwarf Blue’
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Agapanthus ‘Dwarf White’
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Agapanthus ‘Purple Cloud’
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Agapanthus ‘Snowball’ 6″ Pot
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Agapanthus ‘Snowball’ 8″ Pot
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Agave ‘Twin Flower Agave’
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Agave americana ‘Century Plant’
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Agave attenuata
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Agonis ‘After Dark’
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Agonis ‘Pink Flamingo’
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Agonis flexuosa ‘Burgundy’
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Agonis flexuosa ‘Willow Myrtle’
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Allocasuarina ‘Black She-Oak’
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Allocasuarina ‘Drooping She-Oak’
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Allocasuarina ‘Forest She-Oak’
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Aloe ‘Always Red’
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Aloe ‘Andreas Orange’ 2L Pot
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Aloe ‘Erik The Red’
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Aloe ‘Fairy Pink’
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Aloe ‘Gemini’ 8″ Pot
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Aloe ‘Moonglow™’ 2L Pot
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Aloe ‘Sea Urchin™’
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Aloe ‘Southern Cross’
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Aloe ‘Sparkler™’
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Aloe ‘Spiral Aloe’
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Aloe ‘Topaz™’
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Aloe barberae ‘Aloe Tree’
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Aloe plicatilis ‘Fan Aloe’
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Aloe Vera
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Alyogyne ‘Elle Marie’ Native Hibiscus 6″ Pot
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Alyogyne ‘Melissa Anne’ Native Hibiscus 6″ Pot
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Alyogyne Native Hibiscus ‘Purple’
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Angophora ‘Smooth Barked Apple’
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Aptenia ‘Baby Sunrose’ 4″ Pot
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Araucaria ‘Bunya Pine’
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Araucaria ‘Hoop Pine’
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Araucaria ‘Hoop Pine’ 8″ Pot
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Araucaria ‘Monkey Puzzle’ 45L Pot
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Araucaria ‘Norfolk Island Pine’
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Arbutus ‘Irish Strawberry’ Tree
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Argyranthemum ‘Double Pink’ Marguerite Daisy 6″ Pot
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Argyranthemum ‘Yellow’ Marguerite Daisy
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Armeria ‘Sea Thrift’ Pink
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Armeria ‘Sea Thrift’ White
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Austromyrtus ‘Midyim Berry’
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Azalea ‘Magnifica Pink’
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Azalea ‘Super Red’
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Bambusa ‘Gracilis/Slender Weavers’ Bamboo
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Banksia ‘Black Magic’
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Banksia ‘Cherry Candles’
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Banksia ‘Fern-like’
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Banksia ‘Golden Girl’
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Banksia ‘Hinchinbrook Banksia’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia ‘Honey Baby’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia ‘Honey Pots’
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Banksia ‘Little Eric’
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Banksia ‘Little Pal’
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Banksia ‘Menzies Dwarf’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia ‘Old Man/Saw Tooth’
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Banksia ‘Pygmy Possum’ 8″ Pot
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Banksia ‘Red Lantern’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia ‘Red Rover’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’
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Banksia ‘Silver Banksia’
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Banksia baueri ‘Woolly Banksia’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia coccinea ‘Scarlet Banksia’ 6″ Pot
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Banksia formosa ‘Showy Dryandra’ 6” Pot
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