Re: Salt tolerant
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Salt tolerant
- From: J*
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:03:10 -0500
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is indeed salt-tolerant. It's fine for part shade.
Another salt-tolerant possibility is Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus
quinquefolia). This vine will want to climb the maple trees, but it makes
a good, vigorous groundcover if it's prevented from climbing up.
I've been slowly assembling a list of salt-tolerant plants -- never seen a
good list on the web. FWIW, this is the "shade" portion of my list:
sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
inkberry holly (Ilex glabra)
baybery (Myrica pensylvanica)
wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera)
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginianus)
fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica)
flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum)
coffeeberry (Rhamnus californicus)
sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina)
redbay (Persea borbonia)
northern sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
monkey flowers (Mimulus aurantiacus, M. longiflorus)
Iris douglasiana
Wedelia trilobata
Janet
zone 6b, Connecticut
>In a message dated 4/2/00 8:06:21 AM Central Daylight Time, HoroRL@AOL.COM
>writes:
>
><< There are two silver maples
> and this spot is roadside. It faces northwest and gets very late afternoon
> sun. I do have access to vinca, but I don't know if it can with stand the
> salt. >>
>Hi Rich, I recently read that bearberry (Arcrostaphylos uva-ursi) is salt
>tolerant, as well as drought tolerant....I don't know how well it would do in
>shade though, but maybe it would work in the sunnier spots. I think it
>prefers lower pH soils too.
>
>It would be nice to have website to look for salt tolerant plants. We get
>ALOT of sand/salt on our boulevards here in Minnesota.
>
>Cindy Johnson
>White Bear Lake, MN
>zone 4a
