Scirpus tabernaemontani - Softstem bulrush Schizachyrium scoparium - Little bluestem Sagittaria latifolia - Broadleaf arrowhead Oenothera biennis - Common evening primrose Nymphaea odorata - American white waterlily Iberis sempervirens - Evergreen candytuft Perennials Acorus americanus - American sweet flagĪlisma plantago-aquatica - Common water-plantainĪmmophila brevigulata - American beachgrassĬoreopsis verticillata - Thread-leaf coreopsis

Trachelospermum jasminoides - Star jasmine Ipomoea stolonifera - Fiddle-leaf morning glory

Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ - Miss Kim Korean lilacĪnnuals Allamanda cathartica - Golden trumpetīougainvillea glabra - Paper flower/lesser bougainvillea Sambucus canadensis - American elderberry Potentilla fruticosa - Shrubby cinquefoil Juniperus procumbens - Japanese garden juniper Juniperus horizontalis - Creeping juniper Hydrangea macrophylla - Bigleaf hydrangea Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffeetree Trees & Shrubs Amelanchier canadensis - Shadbushįorsythia x intermedia - Border forsythia Have questions we haven’t answered yet? Leave them in the comments! With access to some of the finest horticultural minds in the country, if not the world, we’re more than happy to help you with your post-Sandy gardening conundrums. Head below for the many tree, shrub, annual, and perennial species available, and stay tuned in the coming weeks for a follow-up from Travis Beck, the NYBG’s Landscape and Garden Projects Manager. This is quite a long list, but it’s intended to show you just how wide-open your options are when it comes to planting a coastal or near-sea plot. This list is meant to open ideas for which plants are salt tolerant, but choices should be further researched based on the actual conditions of your site.” “Some of the recommended species here would be better sited away from prevailing winds, perhaps sheltered by a building or hill. “Salt tolerance is a relative term,” Payne adds. With proper planning and a solid understanding of the conditions facing these new inclusions, this supplement should put you on the path to a sturdier coastal planting–not to mention less storm season stress. On the heels of Sonia Uyterhoeven’s informative series on post-hurricane garden recovery, Jody Payne, the Director of both our Rock Garden and the soon-to-reopen Native Plant Garden, offers a listing of hardy and salt-tolerant plants worth including in your garden or landscape. Posted in Gardening Tips on March 18 2013, by Jody Payne

The witch of salt and storm