Question
What plants would you suggest for sandy soil in the inner sunset?
Pat
San Francisco
Answer
Sandy soil and a tad of salt wind, nothing like it!
Perennials that work are: Lantana, Euphorbia, Centranthus, Erigeron, Santolina, Phormium, Pelargonium (Martha Washington and Zonal Geranium), Limonium perezii (Sea Lavender), Armeria, Artemesia, Agapanthus, Echium, Lavender and Argyranthemum (Marguerite Daisy)
Suitable shrubs are: Rosemary, Westringia, Pittosporum tobira and Pittosporum tobira Wheelers Dwarf, Coprosma, Cistus, Hebe, Escallonia, Rhus integrifolia (Lemonade Berry), Melaleuca, Leptospermum, Correa and Dodonaea.
Trees are: Metrosideros, Arbutus, Myoporum laetum standard. Eucalyptus will also work but you don't need the mess.
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