Sue & Bob Hobden wrote:
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. :-)

Thank you so much Bob - I recognise some of the plants you suggest but the
others I will have to look up. Much appreciated


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