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Wednesday - April 01, 2009
From: Bossier City, LA
Region: Southeast
Topic: Grasses or Grass-like, Herbs/Forbs, Shrubs
Title: Plants for near a salt water swimming pool
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I need some suggestions of plants that will grow next to a public salt water swimming pool, located in Bossier City, LouisianaANSWER:
Mr. Smarty Plants found the following plants that are salt tolerant and are known to grow in Bossier Parrish, Louisiana. These should do well next to your saltwater swimming pool.
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Baccharis halimifolia (eastern baccharis)
Aralia spinosa (devil's walkingstick)
Erythrina herbacea (redcardinal)
Teucrium canadense (Canada germander)
Tripsacum dactyloides (eastern gamagrass)
Vaccinium arboreum (farkleberry)
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