The list below shows some of the shrubs that can tolerate growing in windy or exposed sites:

Hardy

• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Common bearberry)
• Bupleurum fruticosum (Shrubby hare's ear)
• Calluna vulgaris (Heather)
• Cistus (Rock rose)
• Cotoneaster (dwarf spp.)
• Cotoneaster horizontalis (Herringbone cotoneaster)
• Elaeagnus commutata (Silverberry)
• Erica carnea (Heather) - not for coastal areas
• Escallonia
• Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
• Fuchsia magellanica (Fuchsia)
• Gaultheria shallon (Salal) - not for coastal areas
• Genista (Broom)
• Griselinia (Broadleaf)
• Halimodendron halodendron (Salt tree)
• Hebe
• Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea buckthorn)
• Ilex aquifolium (Holly)
• Lavatera (Mallow)
• Olearia
• Ozothamnus
• Phormium (Flax)
• Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) - not for coastal areas
• Pyracantha (Firethorn)
• Rhamnus alaternus (Italian buckthorn)
• Rhododendron ponticum (Rhododendron) - not for coastal areas
• Salix (Willow)
• Senecio (Ragwort)
• Spartium
• Spiraea
• Tamarix (Tamarisk)
• Ulex (Gorse)
• Yucca

Not Hardy

• Cordyline (New Zealand cabbage tree)