Garden Obstacles: Seaside Gardens

Living on Long Island, some of you may be dealing with seaside conditions; sandy, dry, salty, windy, and sometimes flooded. Our native plants are well adapted to these sites and flourish under these harsh conditions.

Shrubs

• Arctostaphylos uva–ursi ‘Massachusetts’ – Bearberry

• Baccharis halimifolia - Groundsel (first picture)

• Iva frustescens - Marsh Elder

• Myrica pensylvanica – Bayberry

• Prunus maritima – Beach Plum 🦌

• Rhus copallinum - Winged Sumac (last picture)

• Rhus typhina - Staghorn Sumac

• Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose

• Rosa virginiana - Virginia Rose (middle picture)

Perennials

• Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed 🦌

• Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly weed 🦌 (first picture)

• Opuntia humifusa - Prickly Pear 🦌🐇 (middle picture)

• Solidago rugosa – Wrinkled–leaved Goldenrod 🦌

• Solidago sempervirens - Seaside Goldenrod 🦌 (last picture)

• Symphyotrichum ericoides - Heath Aster 🦌

• Symphyotrichum (Aster) oblongifolius – Aromatic aster 🦌

Grasses/Sedges

• Ammophila breviligulata - American Beach Grass 🦌🐇 (third picture

• Carex pensylvanica – Pennsylvania Sedge 🦌🐇 (first picture)

• Deschampsia flexuosa - Hair Grass 🦌🐇

• Juncus greenei - Greene's Rush

• Panicum amarum - Bitter Panic Grass 🦌🐇

• Panicum virgatum – Switch Grass 🦌🐇 (middle picture)

• Schizachyrium scoparium – Little bluestem 🦌🐇

Trees:

• Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar 🦌🐇 (

• Pinus rigida - Pitch Pine 🦌🐇

Vines:

• Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper

Remember, there is no such thing as completely deer-resistant anymore and the same goes for the bunnies too.

Pictures: KMS Native Plants