deep rooters...

[raelauk]

hi, I'm new to the site but not new to the cause. I'm from a small seaside town in north yorkshire and i have identified a target but said target has a few negative points:

1 its at the seas edge and sometimes, with the wind in the right direction, it gets salt water misted onto it.
2 its a large area(at least a square mile) and I'm the only guerrilla in my town as far as I'm aware.
3 its on a bank side with erosion issues and many gravel filled drainage channels cut into the bank side making it look just awful...
4 its north facing.

on the good side though,

its a prime location with excellent visual coverage to thousands of tourists a year and every single ship within two miles of the shore,
its got great moisture content
there are already paths zigzagging there way up and down the bank slicing it up into sections.

most of it is totally exposed to the elements though there are sheltered areas at both ends.

the questions id like to ask are:

1 which plants would be good candidates to withstand occasional salting if any?
2 what would be the best way of planting the area solo?

as far as i remember from school, trees, shrubs and other similar plants with their deep roots are good at holding soil together and giving the ground extra structure. as the ground in question is at the back of a concrete sea wall and won't be washed away by the water, though continues to landslide due to water runoff from the land itself:

3 what species of plants, trees and shrubs are good for here to help keep the ground together and give it some extra strength?

i have a special love for fruit trees and have been saving the stones and seeds but so far the only luck Ive had have been with apple trees. i just can't germinate the stones for some reason. anyone got any tips on these?

Thank you for your time everyone.

_RaelauK_

[Village Park Residents Association]

try chilling the seeds.stones in the bottom of the fridge for a couple of weeks.
Works with roses and tomatoes etc.

Where abouts in North Yorks are you.

[buddleiabill]

Sea buckthorn looks like a good option   
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Hippophae+rhamnoides

 

[lily333]

hello, I'm also from a small seaside town in north yorkshire.

I've found a council brick planter that's filled with a very horrible dead bush just round the corner from my house and I'm dying to attack it with the secateurs and re-fill it. Trouble is, it's in the town centre and is under cctv surv.cameras....what do you think??

I think I know a plot just like the one you described, if you want to join forces let me know.

there may be others, lol 

[buddleiabill]

Make a big sign to take with you saying
 ` FRIENDLY GARDENERS - DONT PANIC ` and put it in cctv view.
or....
enlarge my profile pic
or....
do it on a sunday 

Why are people in yorkshire afraid of telling people where they live ?
If you posted a topic with your home towns name first you may have more interest/success. 

Its time to get on with it !! It`ll be too late soon !!!

bB
 

[raelauk]

Thanks for the Info guys, the town im from is called Whitby.

thanks for the tips on sprouting fruit stones, i'm giving it a try as we speak...

the sea buckthorn idea is a great help, just up the coast from me, theres a little village covered in wild red/orange/yellow wall flowers... they grow right on the harbour walls... im gonna try them too.

i'll have a look along the roadsides, theres a few excellent steep inclines near me that get gritted many times each year, that should be a good place to start.

Thank you all so much.

[Village Park Residents Association]

Have a word with you local council horticulural dept if Whitby still has one. If you can identify anywhere to plant that is common or wasted land then let them know. You may get a suprise, it adds to their entries in Yorkshire and Britain in Bloom for communities effort.

We even get plants and bulbs donated from our chap at Stockton Council so its worth cultivating(pardon the pun) a relationship.

[mazzanova]

The good thing about sea buckthorn is the edible orange fruits with hgh vitamin C content. Far higher than shop bought fruit. A bit tart though. Best mixed with a sweeter fruit. Makes great smoothies mixed with banana or plantain