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

Front cover photo: Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis)Photo credit: The Cupola House

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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

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Eastern smooth beardtonguePenstemon laevigatus

Seashore mallowKosteletzkya virginica

Spotted horsemintMonarda punctata

Calico asterSymphyotrichum

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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

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