Good advice

After talking to a long time coastal gardener, I got some good advice.

• Wind
• Add lots of organic matter to keep plants from drying out due to desiccation by wind and sandy soil which won't retain water.
• Keep the shore pine, at least for now, to use as a windbreak. Summer northwest wind is the worst. (I'm thinking Wax Myrtle is also an effective windbreak and pretty too!)

• Plants
• Pick smaller specimens as they transplant better and be sure to water through the first summer or two at a minimum.
• Evergreen Huck, Twinberry, Wax Myrtle, Coyote bush and Blue blossom all will survive in the wind.
• Escalonia should be fine in the wind but your hedge will look weird as Twinberry losses it leaves in the winter. (i'll only use Escalonia for the hedge)
• Kniphofia is invasive (i'll avoid that)
• Thimbleberry will want more shade (i'll move it under the trees)
• Hookers willow needs more water so unless you have standing water somewhere at least in the winter I wouldn't advise it. (i'll double down on Wax Myrtle as a windbreak instead)
• The grasses I picked are either short lived or spreaders. (I need to look for natives like Deschampsia cespitosa and Leymus mollis)

• Mimic nature
• go for a hike at a place like Cape Blanco and see what puts up with that wind.