What to Grow on the Coast

For most plants, the sandy soil of the coast lacks essential nutrients. Pack your garden with these hardy, coastal picks that can survive and thrive in a seaside environment.|Writer: Susan Heeger

Flowering Perennials & Shrubs: Artemisia
Photo: Gerald D. Tang

Flowering Perennials & Shrubs: Artemisia

They structure garden beds, providing color early summer to fall.

Native species are suited to most U.S. coastal zones. Their silver leaves ward off salt spray. Zones 3--10

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