cjkast 1 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 Seeking advise for salt resistant plants to be placed next to building near salted sidewalk - any reccomendations? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dsmith74 16 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 Probably need to provide a little more info to get a good recommendation. Sun? Shade? Wet? Dry? Clay? Sand? 10 foot hedge for privacy? Groundcover? Flowers? Winter interest? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjkast 1 Report post Posted March 27, 2014 Need salt-resistant plants for sunny, mostly dry area with minimal (old) watering system; soil has great drainage but next to sidewalk. Prefer year-round evergreens, but not sure if there is any varieties that can survive salt; currently area has few overgrown viburnum that need to be removed and replaced with 3-4 ft high slow-growing specimens - is there such a plant? Ground cover would/could be placed additionally in area. Open for recommendations for Michigan friendly plants. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janet Macunovich 32 Report post Posted April 12, 2014 How much salt -- just the amount a person uses at home, or the heavy amount a commercial establishment uses to be sure, sure, sure no one slips?Do you have a curb on the bed to keep meltwater from runnning freely into the bed? Makes a big difference. The small ornamental grasses like prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis), blue fescue (Festuca ovina glauca) and blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) can work there if the salt is mainly coming from being scattered from above (one reason is that their foliage intercepts the salt and then we clip that away in early spring) but almost nothing we know of will do well if the soil is being loaded with salty water, too.Janet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis Groh 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2014 Since you said you have good drainage (and this recommendation needs good drainage or it will fail !) I suggest the shore juniper.Juniperus conferta is a plant which exists on rocky seashores and is a zone 5 evergreen which stays small. You can learn more about this plant at : http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/j/juncon/juncon1.html DG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janet Macunovich 32 Report post Posted April 15, 2014 They are gorgeous plants, especially when they drape over rocks and edges. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites