A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Fourwing saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Native roots help hold soil while the shrub provides wildlife food and cover.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Choose a locally adapted ecotype; cold tolerance varies, and high water tables are unsuitable.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil
- Mature size
- 1–8 ft tall, by form · Spread not specified
- Season of interest
- Gray foliage & winged fruit
- Local climate
- Choose nursery stock suited to local winters.
- Garden role
- A native hedge for dry, salty ground
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of japanese pittosporum.
Pittosporum tobira
Try fourwing saltbush for a native hedge for dry, salty ground.
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Photo credits & licenses
Fourwing saltbush: Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japanese pittosporum: skdavidson · CC BY-SA 2.5
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