{"id":2615,"date":"2020-01-16T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-403\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T12:55:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:55:24","slug":"hardyplantsnearshore","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/hardyplantsnearshore\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardy plants for near the shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you have some suggestions for hardy, lower growing plants that would do well near the water? Our house is on the south side of Whidbey Island. The main plantings will be behind the house, thus roughly 75-100 yards from the shore. This part of the yard has early morning sun and then some shade in the afternoon. And, since we have a large yard at home we are working toward very low maintenance at the beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following plants are mentioned in April Pettinger&#8217;s book, <em>Native Plants in the Coastal Garden<\/em> (Whitecap, 2002):<\/p>\n<p>SHRUBS<\/p>\n<p>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)<br \/>\nGaultheria shallon (Salal)<br \/>\nVaccinium ovatum (Evergreen huckleberry)<br \/>\nRosa nutkana (Nootka rose)<br \/>\nHolodiscus discolor (Oceanspray)<br \/>\nSymphoricarpos albus (Snowberry)<br \/>\nMahonia aquifolium (Oregon grape)<\/p>\n<p>NATIVE GRASSES<\/p>\n<p>Festuca idahoensis (Idaho fescue)<br \/>\nFestuca idahoensis spp. roemeri (Roemer&#8217;s fescue)<br \/>\nLeymus mollis or Elymus mollis (Dunegrass)<br \/>\nDeschampsia cespitosa (Tufted hairgrass)<br \/>\nFestuca rubra (Red fescue)<br \/>\nGlyceria grandis (Reed mannagrass)<br \/>\nMuhlenbergia glomerata (Marsh muhly)<\/p>\n<p>There are many other ideas in this book, which I highly recommend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-keyword has-text-align-right wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/elymus-mollis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Elymus mollis<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/festuca\/\" rel=\"tag\">Festuca<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/gaultheria-shallon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Gaultheria shallon<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/glyceria\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glyceria<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/holodiscus-discolor\/\" rel=\"tag\">Holodiscus discolor<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/mahonia-aquifolium\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mahonia aquifolium<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/muhlenbergia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Muhlenbergia<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/rosa-nutkana\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rosa nutkana<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/seaside-gardening\/\" rel=\"tag\">Seaside gardening<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/symphoricarpos-albus\/\" rel=\"tag\">Symphoricarpos albus<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/keyword\/vaccinium-ovatum\/\" rel=\"tag\">Vaccinium ovatum<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have some suggestions for hardy, lower growing plants that would do well near the water? Our house is on the south side of Whidbey Island. The main plantings will be behind the house, thus roughly 75-100 yards from the shore. This part of the yard has early morning sun and then some shade in the afternoon. And, since we have a large yard at home we are working toward very low maintenance at the beach. The following plants&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/hardyplantsnearshore\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hardy plants for near the shore<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[540,558,124,557,556,555,554,524,553,552,257],"class_list":["post-2615","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-elymus-mollis","keyword-festuca","keyword-gaultheria-shallon","keyword-glyceria","keyword-holodiscus-discolor","keyword-mahonia-aquifolium","keyword-muhlenbergia","keyword-rosa-nutkana","keyword-seaside-gardening","keyword-symphoricarpos-albus","keyword-vaccinium-ovatum"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}