Wind-Resistant Coastal Shield
Wind shapes a coastal garden. These tough windbreak plants filter salt-laden gusts, creating a sheltered pocket for everything behind them.
Plant list (22 plants)
| # | Plant | Spacing | Mature size | Light | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weeping Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 2 | Brodie Pencil Pine Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca Brodie' | — | 7 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 3 | Brunniana Gold Cupressus macrocarpa 'Brunniana Aurea' | — | 10 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 4 | Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia | — | 12 m H × 6 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 5 | Escallonia Escallonia 'Apple Blossom' | — | 2.5 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 6 | Hannah Ray Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Hannah Ray' | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 7 | Italian Pencil Pine Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca' | — | 8 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 8 | Kings Park Special Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Kings Park Special' | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 9 | Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus | — | 12 m H × 8 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 10 | Leyland Cypress ×Cupressocyparis leylandii | — | 20 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 11 | Monterey Pine Pinus radiata | — | 25 m H × 10 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 12 | Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla | — | 30 m H × 8 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 13 | Nyalla Lomandra Lomandra longifolia 'Nyalla' | — | 0.9 m H × 0.9 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
| 14 | Oleander Nerium oleander | — | 4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 15 | Photinia Robusta Photinia x fraseri 'Robusta' | — | 4 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 16 | Pittosporum 'Silver Sheen' Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Sheen' | — | 4 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 17 | Port Jackson Pine Callitris rhomboidea | — | 8 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 18 | Slim Bottlebrush Callistemon 'Slim' | — | 3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Moderate Water |
| 19 | Smokey Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Smokey' | — | 1 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 20 | Snow in Summer Melaleuca linariifolia 'Claret Tops' | — | 2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Moderate Water |
| 21 | Weeping Tea Tree Leptospermum 'Cardwell' | — | 2.5 m H × 2.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 22 | Willow-leaved Hakea Hakea salicifolia | — | 5 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
How to use this plan
- Mark out your bed and set plants out (still in pots) using the spacing column.
- Place taller and wider plants to the back or centre, lower plants to the front or edges.
- Group by light and water needs so each plant gets the right conditions.
- Plant, mulch, water in well — then tick each plant off as you go.
Bed location
Date planted