Re: Salt tolerant plants list
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Salt tolerant plants list
- From: C* J*
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:59:31 EDT
In a message dated 4/3/00 11:15:19 PM Central Daylight Time, janet@INDRI.ORG
writes:
<< 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 >>
Thanks for the list Janet. That's very helpful. I searched through several
of my books looking for such a list and didn't find one. I sure thought I
had seen one in the past though. If you don't mine, I'd like to see the
rest of your list for the sunnier spots too.
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
