Seaside

The consensus is that our Gulf Stream heating system went askew this year, giving us a tough winter and a delayed spring. But now all seems to be “in the

“Challenge” and “reward” are the words Louis Dawson uses to describe his experiences with growing plants by the sea. That first year, it all looked pretty hopeless when we built

This selected checklist is an enumeration of some of those woody plants which have been found satisfactory in garden plantings near the sea.  Familiar aid favorites like barberries, euonymus, privet,

Salt spray and ocean winds often limit us in selecting plants for gardens at the seashore. Then too, sandy soils which are easily displaced in severe storms make it necessary