LANDSCAPING FOR THE COAST This brochure is for anyone interested in adopting nature-enhancing gardening or landscaping practices in coastal North Carolina. It features 34 plants that stand out as all-stars — they are native to the region, visually attractive and versatile. A companion booklet includes details on plant appeal and growing conditions to assist with selection. These guides are produced by the Coastal Landscapes Initiative, or CLI, a collaborative effort to address landscaping at every stage of the process, from planning and design to installation and management. Partners come from the public and private sectors and draw on a range of N.C. coastal landscaping expertise. The ultimate goal is to foster coastal landscapes that are beautiful, functional, manageable and environmentally friendly. TREES Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides Persimmon Diospyros virginiana TREES Loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia Inkberry Ilex glabra Longleaf pine Pinus palustris American hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana Swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii Carolina cherry laurel Prunus caroliniana Bald cypress Taxodium distichum Yaupon holly Ilex vomitoria Southern wax myrtle Morella cerifera Dwarf palmetto Sabal minor Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum SHRUBS SHRUBS SHRUBS Climbing aster Ampelaster carolinianus Carolina jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Cross vine Bignonia capreolata VINES Front cover photo: Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis) Photo credit: The Cupola House Kew, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0 Scott Zona, CC BY-NC 4.0 Bruce Kirchoff, CC BY 4.0 John Brandauer, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Paul Hosier, Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas Will Cook, Carolina Nature Will Cook, Carolina Nature Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0 Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0 Scott Zona, CC BY-NC 4.0 Alan Cressler, LBJWC Phillip Merritt, CC BY-NC 2.0 Susan E Adams, CC BY-SA 2.0 Dave Govoni, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Will Cook, Carolina Nature Rob Thurman, CC BY 2.0 Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-NC 2.0 Scott Zona, CC BY-NC 4.0 Will Cook, Carolina Nature
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LANDSCAPING FORTHE COAST
This brochure is for anyone interested in adopting nature-enhancing gardening or landscaping practices in coastal North Carolina. It features 34 plants that stand out as all-stars — they are native to the region, visually attractive and versatile. A companion booklet includes details on plant appeal and growing conditions to assist with selection.
These guides are produced by the Coastal Landscapes Initiative, or CLI, a collaborative effort to address landscaping at every stage of the process, from planning and design to installation and management. Partners come from the public and private sectors and draw on a range of N.C. coastal landscaping expertise. The ultimate goal is to foster coastal landscapes that are beautiful, functional, manageable and environmentally friendly.
TREES
Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis
Atlantic white cedarChamaecyparis thyoides
PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
TREES
Loblolly bayGordonia lasianthus
Sweet pepperbushClethra alnifolia
InkberryIlex glabra
Longleaf pine Pinus palustris
American hophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Eastern red cedarJuniperus virginiana
Swamp chestnut oakQuercus michauxii
Carolina cherry laurel Prunus caroliniana
Bald cypressTaxodium distichum
Yaupon hollyIlex vomitoria
Southern wax myrtleMorella cerifera
Dwarf palmettoSabal minor
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
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Climbing asterAmpelaster carolinianus
Carolina jessamineGelsemium sempervirens
Coral honeysuckleLonicera sempervirens
Cross vineBignonia capreolata
VINES
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Pink muhly grassMuhlenbergia capillaris
Bitter panicumPanicum amarum
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum
Little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
Butterfly weedAsclepias tuberosa
Blue wild indigoBaptisia australis
Blue mistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
Sand coreopsisCoreopsis lanceolata
Coral beanErythrina herbacea
GRASSES
FLOWERING PERENNIALS
FLOWERING PERENNIALS
Eastern smooth beardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
Seashore mallowKosteletzkya virginica
Spotted horsemintMonarda punctata
Calico asterSymphyotrichum
lateriflorum
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
A Native Plant Guide Provided by the Coastal Landscapes
Initiative
NC COASTALLANDSCAPING
For the companion booklet to these plants, visit:ncseagrant.org
UNC–SG–19–02
Photo Credits:Carolina NatureCreative CommonsLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (LBJWC)NC State Extension