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9 Great Plants for Seaside Gardens

These plants stand up to coastal conditions beautifully

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1 /9 Saxon Holt

Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)

2 /9 John Granen

Canna 'Tropicanna'

3 /9 Ernst Kucklich

Shore pine (Pinus contorta contorta)

4 /9 Ernst Kucklich

Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie'

5 /9 Bob Wigand

Salvia uliginosa

6 /9 Ernst Kucklich

Purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum')

Growing 5 feet tall and wide, its soft, feathery flower heads sway in the slightest breeze.

7 /9 Bob Wigand

Geranium 'Rozanne'

8 /9 Ernst Kucklich

Cardoon

An artichoke relative (obvious when you look at the two plants side by side), this has edible stems and thistle-like flowers. But most people grow it for its architectural good looks. It gets very tall (to 12 feet) in the Northwest. Do not plant in mild-winter climates, where it has become an invasive weed.

9 /9 Ernst Kucklich

Verbena bonariensis