{"title":"Plants for Coastal \u0026 Exposed Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eTough plants that stand up to wind, salt and exposure, ideal for coastal and exposed gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"festuca-intense-blue","title":"Festuca 'Intense Blue'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFestuca glauca 'Intense Blue'\u003c\/strong\u003e is a standout selection of \u003cstrong\u003eblue fescue\u003c\/strong\u003e, chosen for the depth and intensity of its colour, a vivid, almost electric silver-blue that holds remarkably well through the year. Forming neat, evergreen hummocks of fine, needle-like foliage, it's one of the most striking compact \u003cstrong\u003eornamental grasses\u003c\/strong\u003e you can grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all \u003cstrong\u003efestuca glauca\u003c\/strong\u003e, 'Intense Blue' is brilliant for adding cool colour and crisp, mounded form to sunny borders, gravel gardens, rockeries and containers. Use it in repeated groups for a rhythmic, contemporary look, or let it spill over the edge of a pot or raised bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun and free-draining soil for the most intense colour and the healthiest growth. It loves poor, dry, sandy or gravelly conditions and resents sitting wet over winter. 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Instantly recognisable by its bold, fan-shaped fronds radiating from a slender trunk clothed in coarse, hessian-like fibre, it brings an unmistakable tropical silhouette to a climate where few true palms survive. This is the plant that lets you create a Mediterranean or jungle feel without leaving the resilience of a fully garden-hardy species behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes \u003cstrong\u003eTrachycarpus fortunei\u003c\/strong\u003e so prized in the UK is its remarkable cold tolerance. Rated RHS H5, it shrugs off temperatures down to around -15C once established, making it one of the few palms that genuinely thrives outdoors year-round across most of the country. It is evergreen, so the architectural canopy of glossy green fans holds firm through winter, and mature specimens even produce arching sprays of small yellow flowers in early summer followed by blue-black fruits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun to partial shade, ideally sheltered from cold, drying winds that can tatter the leaves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e any fertile, free-draining soil, from chalk to clay, across the full pH range, drainage matters most.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e slow-growing to an eventual 3-10 m, so it stays in proportion for many years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e reliably hardy in the UK, with young crowns worth fleecing in severe frost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater regularly through the first couple of summers to establish a strong root system, after which it becomes impressively drought-tolerant. 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