Val wrote in message ...
We are moving to a beach side house in the near future and would like to
plant shrubs and trees that will thrive well on the Sussex Coast. Any
suggestions gratefully received. TIA
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My Mum used to live a hundred yards or so from the Sussex Coast at Selsey.
I noticed that all the trees and some shrubs suffered from wind/salt spray
damage, and especially once they got above fence height. Her apple tree and
much shorter Arbutus unedo both used to show, what looked like, severe frost
damage in the spring.
One good hedging shrub that seemed to cope well was Escallonia but that's
not the most interesting of plants and needs clipping constantly if it's not
to get out of hand.

Other suggestions from RD Enc. of Garden plants and flowers...
Acer (T); Arbutus (T); Calluna (S); Caryopteris (S); Ceanothus (S);
Chaenomeles (S); Cordyline (T); Cotoneaster (S); Cupressus (T); Cytisus (S);
Eleagnus (S); Euonymus (S); Forsythia (S); Fuchsia (S); Garrya (S); Genista
(S); Griselinia (S); Helianthemum (S); Hippophae (S); Hydrangea (S);
Hypericum (S); Ilex (S); Juniperus (S.T); Lavandula (S); Ligustrum (S);
Lupinus arboreus (S); Olearia (S); Pittosporum (S); Potentilla (S);
Pyracantha (S); Rosmarinus (S); Santolina (S); Senecio (S); Spartium (S);
Spiraea (S); Tamarix (S); Ulex (S); Yucca (S).

Hope that list helps. :-)

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Bob
http://www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an allotment site
in Runnymede, fighting for its existence against bureaucracy.