Best Ground Covers For Coastal Areas

Coastal gardens can be some of the toughest places to grow plants successfully. Salt-laden winds, sandy soils, harsh sun, and dry conditions quickly expose plants that aren't suited to life near the ocean.

This collection features some of our favourite coastal ground covers for Australian gardens, including hardy spreading plants that help suppress weeds, stabilise soil, soften hard landscaping, and thrive in challenging coastal conditions.

Whether you're planting a beachfront garden, covering a sunny bank, softening a retaining wall, or simply looking for low maintenance plants that can handle wind and salt spray, these are the ground covers we repeatedly come back to because they genuinely perform in real Australian landscapes.

Perfect for:

🌿 Coastal gardens
🌿 Sandy soils
🌿 Slopes and banks
🌿 Retaining walls
🌿 Low maintenance landscaping
🌿 Modern Australian gardens
🌿 Drought tolerant planting

Featuring tough performers such as Aussie Rambler (Pig Face), Scaevola, Gazania, Blue Chalk Sticks, and other ground covers selected for their ability to handle harsh coastal conditions while still looking great year-round.