18 brilliant coastal garden plants

How to create a beautiful seaside garden. Or if you have a dry or windy garden and poor soil, or you live near the sea, garden designer Posy Gentles lists the best plants for your garden. Join us for a walk along Whitstable beach to see coastal garden plants growing wild and in Whitstable gardens. Two of the gardens have been designed by Posy.

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[Ash-xxzd]

Your videos are just amazing. You seem to be the only account that isnt about expressing your own knowledge and knows how to effectively gather information and frame it simply and impactful with visuals. Love all of your different focuses and your voice is gentle to the ear. ☺️ thank you.

[paultsworld]

I really enjoyed the video - loved being "out on location" and what an interesting area.

[mariedeyo]

Ohh so nice. I like to be there. What a great Video once again. Good job.👍 I hope you enjoyed your day at the beach as much as I enjoyed watching. Thank you Alexandra. 🌻

[debbebunch]

Thank you Alexandra!!! Really enjoyed that vid! So different and delightful...! 💐

[margaechaveduran]

Lots of information in this video and very well explained. You have worked very hard indeed. Thanks for all your help.🙂🌈

[helenmalandrakis]

I love Verbena bonariensis. It does the same thing in my garden. I always transplant to where I want it. Easy.

[chance]

Thank you for sharing. I live in Gorleston-on-sea, and have found this useful. Kindly, Craig

[nspector]

Excellent video! So helpful even though I'm not right by the water. Gives me great ideas. Thank you again.

[scptcL]

This was like watching an episode of 'Absolutely Fabulous'.

[bluesky]

Always enjoy your videos. The funny thing is that all those plants, or at least 99% of them, are plants that I use in my Prairie Garden.

[markgreenwood]

Great tips, thank you. We have a beach front pebble garden in Littlestone Kent and starting to plant up.

[carole-fx]

Very interesting video Alexandra. Thank you so much! I enjoyed it! I have tried to grow some of these flowers though we are not near the shore. It was very nice to see this beach town and all the colors. Thanks for taking the time to make this video and inform us of these plants ❤️

[ekatlaterrible]

Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos! Much love from Montreal *:･ﾟ✧

[gooddrifters]

Love Whitstable beach. Thanks for your reply about Lurchers. We are now in the process of adopting a lovely boy from Dogs Trust. He is so loveable and calm. I may not have considered a lurcher before your reply so thanks from us and Thomas the Lurcher.

[beckyscheller]

Love seeing the beach Even tho I Live in the middle of the USA. Far from any water.

[flowerfairy]

Nice video. Windy tick! Poor soil tick! I have most of these plants but being atop a hill which catches the wind has its own challenges.

[amandacrown]

Loved your video.. thank you for sharing ... the colour one can bring to a coastal garden is fabulous .. can you let me know if poppies are suitable for coastal garden, ? I adore them.. thank you for your help..

[kellihunt]

Im pretty sure we have rhodedendrons growing wild in the appalacian mountains here in N.C. to T.N. alot of them

[emmalavenham]

BTW Good seaside garden plants are also salt-tolerant. Knowing which plants can take salt is especially useful for garden beds along or near roads, such as the front of your house --- particularly in colder climates where the roads are salted. And, of course, in any climate - just dogs stopping by... :)

[Cassieskins]

Another great informative video. Would you mind doing a video on the best websites to order vegetable and flower seeds from in preparation for next year?