Alphabetical Plant Listing

Solutions / Salt Resistant


Refine By

thumb grid img

Salt-Resistant

Selecting plants which can handle strong winds and salt sprays will be key in the design of your seaside garden

Salt-resistant plants are crucial for coastal landscapes, roadside gardens, or areas exposed to deicing salts in the winter. These plants have adapted to tolerate salt spray, high soil salinity, or salt-laden winds, making them well-suited for challenging environments where other plants may struggle. Incorporating salt-resistant plants into your landscape can help create a resilient, beautiful garden that thrives despite harsh conditions. Some popular salt-resistant plants include:

Beach grass (Ammophila spp.) is a salt-tolerant, perennial grass commonly found in coastal sand dunes. Its deep root system helps to stabilize sandy soils and prevent erosion. Beach grass thrives in well-draining soil and full sun, making it an excellent choice for seaside landscapes or areas exposed to salt spray.

Daylilies (Hemerocallis spp.) are versatile perennials with trumpet-shaped flowers in various colors and patterns. These low-maintenance plants are salt-tolerant and well-suited for coastal gardens or roadside plantings.

Junipers (Juniperus spp.) are a group of salt-resistant evergreen shrubs or trees known for their scale-like foliage and wide range of sizes and forms. They can be used as ground covers, hedges, or specimen plants in coastal or roadside landscapes. 

Oleanders (Nerium oleander) are evergreen shrubs with glossy leaves and showy, fragrant flowers in shades of pink, red, white, or yellow. These salt-tolerant plants are ideal for coastal gardens, hedges, or borders. 

Incorporating these salt-resistant plants into your landscape while considering their specific sunlight and soil requirements will help create a resilient and visually appealing garden that withstands the challenges of salt exposure and contributes to a more sustainable, adaptable outdoor space.

Salt Resistant Guides


Filters

Season of Interest
Exposure
Hardiness
Climate-Zones
Tolerance
Attracts
Maintenance
Water-Needs
Color
Plant-Types
Plant-Family
Plant-Characteristics
Average-Height
Average-Spread
Soil-Type
Soil-Drainage
Soil-pH
Garden-Styles
Planting Place
Regions
article image

Abronia latifolia (Yellow Sand Verbena)

A good choice for dune areas, Abronia latifolia (Yellow Sand Verbena) is a trailing perennial forming a succulent mat of fleshy, oval to rounded leaves. In late spring to late summer, showy snowballs packed with small, fragrant, bright golden flowers rise on sturdy stems in the leaf axils of the trailing stems. If given the proper conditions, it will flower most of the year.

Read More
article image

Acacia craspedocarpa (Leatherleaf Acacia)

Good-looking, tough and durable, Acacia craspedocarpa (Leatherleaf Acacia) is a dense, upright to rounded, evergreen shrub or small multiple trunk tree with alternate, oval, bluish-green, silver or gray-green leaves. The foliage is rough to the touch, like leather. Blooming profusely in spring and sporadically until fall, bright yellow, puff-like flowers with prominent stamens, strongly attract bees.

Read More
article image

Acacia farnesiana (Sweet Acacia)

Prized for its highly fragrant flowers, Acacia farnesiana (Sweet Acacia) is a semi-evergreen multi-trunked shrub or small tree with a naturally spreading, vaselike shape. Its zig-zag stems are fully armed with sharp thorns and clad with feathery, finely divided leaflets of soft green color. Clouds of small, bright golden-yellow, puff-like flowers, 1/2 in. (1 cm), appear in clusters in late winter to early spring, then sporadically after each new flush of growth, providing a long-lasting floral display.

Read More
article image

Acca sellowiana (Pineapple Guava)

Prized for its foliage, flowers and fruit, Acca sellowiana (Pineapple Guava) is an evergreen shrub of rounded habit or small tree with handsome gray-green leaves, 1-3 in. long (2-7 cm), densely white-felted on the underside. Blooming in late spring to early summer, ravishing bicolor flowers, 1 in. across (2.5 cm), bloom singly or in clusters in the leaf axils.

Read More
article image

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (Paurotis Palm)

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (Paurotis Palm) is an attractive, clump-forming, multi-stemmed, evergreen palm with a slender trunk and stiff, fan-shaped leaves. The leaves, about 2 ft. across (60 cm), are light green above and slightly silver underneath. They are attached to long spiny petioles that can reach 3 ft. in length (90 cm). The foliage can be so lush, from the ground up, as to hide the trunk.

Read More
article image

Aeonium 'Blushing Beauty'

Among the loveliest of Aeoniums, award-winning 'Blushing Beauty' is a branched, upright succulent with tight rosettes of glossy, light green, spoon-shaped leaves, flushed with red round the edges. Adding incredible drama and interest to the garden or containers, this Aeonium produces pale yellow racemes of small, star-shaped flowers in spring on mature plants.

Read More
article image

Aeonium 'Jack Catlin'

Aeonium 'Jack Catlin' is an evergreen succulent perennial forming low clumps of showy rosettes, 6-8 in. wide (15-20 cm), of glossy, fleshy, brilliant burgundy-red leaves. They contrast beautifully with the bright apple green heart.

Read More
article image

Aeonium 'Sunburst'

Among the loveliest of Aeoniums, award-winning 'Sunburst' is an evergreen succulent with large variegated rosettes, 6-8 in. across (15-20 cm), of fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves. Held on long bare stems, the leaves are a delightful combination of creamy yellow and green stripes and are adorned with coppery red tips when exposed to the sun.

Read More
article image

Aeonium 'Velour'

Aeonium 'Velour' is an upright, evergreen, succulent perennial with branching stems adorned with showy rosettes of glossy, fleshy, dark chocolate to purple leaves. They contrast beautifully with the bright green heart.

Read More
article image

Aeonium 'Zwartkop'

A truly captivating Aeonium, award-winning 'Zwartkop' is an evergreen succulent with large rosettes, 6-8 in. across (15-20 cm), of glossy, fleshy, dark burgundy, pointed leaves. If grown in full sun, the foliage of this Aeonium turns almost black, adding incredible drama and interest to the garden or containers.

Read More
article image

Aeonium arboreum

Aeonium arboreum is an evergreen succulent with showy rosettes of shiny, fleshy, spoon-shaped, apple green leaves at the end of sausage-like branches. Attractive when not blooming, this Aeonium is particularly striking when it produces bright golden racemes of small, star-shaped flowers in late winter to early spring.

Read More
article image

Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum'

Aeonium arboreum 'Atropurpureum' is an evergreen succulent with magnificent rosettes of glossy, fleshy, dark-purple leaves. If grown in full sun, the foliage of this Aeonium turns almost black, adding incredible drama and interest to the garden or containers.

Read More
article image

Aeonium canariense (Canary Island Aeonium)

Aeonium canariense is an impressive evergreen succulent with large velvety rosettes, 6-12 in. across (15-30 cm), of fleshy leaves. Fresh green when grown in part shade, the soft, fuzzy leaves become tinged with reddish pink when exposed to the sun.

Read More
article image

Aeonium decorum (Green Pinwheel)

Aeonium decorum (Green Pinwheel) is a bushy, rounded, well-branched, evergreen succulent perennial forming low clumps of small rosettes, 2 in. wide (5 cm). The fleshy, glossy pale green, reddish-tinted leaves display red edges. This Aeonium offsets readily, spreading over time to form a lovely ground cover.

Read More
article image

Aeonium haworthii 'Kiwi'

A very pretty Aeonium, award-winning 'Kiwi' is an evergreen succulent with small variegated rosettes, 3-5 in. across (7-12 cm), of fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves. Creamy-yellow in their center, the pointed leaves gradually change to soft green towards their edges, which are elegantly adorned with a rose-red ribbon when adequately exposed to the sun.

Read More

Refine By

Find your Hardiness Zone

Find your Climate Zone

Find your Heat Zone

Join Gardenia.net

Create a membership account to save your garden designs and to view them on any device.

Becoming a contributing member of Gardenia is easy and can be done in just a few minutes. If you provide us with your name, email address and the payment of a modest $25 annual membership fee, you will become a full member, enabling you to design and save up to 25 of your garden design ideas.

Join now and start creating your dream garden!

Create a New Collection

Optional. For your reference.


Move Selected Plants to a Different Collection


Delete Collection

This field is required.

Rename Collection

This field is required.