A householder or landscape architect may desire to locate plant that can tolerate a fair amount ofchlorinefor areas near pools that will be subject to splashing or pool water drain . The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Auston hint that salt - resistant plants are simultaneously the better able to suffer chlorine , as chlorine live in nature as chloride in salt . plant withwaxy leavesmay also be well - suit for splashing atomic number 17 .

Grasses

Several grass coinage for both sward and cosmetic use may prove idealistic for an domain with chlorine photo . Ornamental green goddess selections include ocean oat , low love Gunter Wilhelm Grass , eastern gama grass , maiden green goddess , pampas pasturage , muhly grass and sand cordgrass . extremely salt tolerant turf eatage let in zoysia , seashore paspalum and vulgar and intercrossed Bermudas grasses .

Groundcovers and Vines

Vines or low ground cover suitable for a piquant or chlorine - exposed area include beach morning glory , bay hops , gullfeed , birdsfoot trefoil , unfold liriope , creeping rosemary , mondo Gunter Grass and stonecrops . climb vine selection include English ivy , Virginia creeper , confederate jasmine , climbing fig and others .

Small Trees and Shrubs

Shrubs suitable for areas that will be expose to atomic number 17 admit wax myrtle ( Morella cerifera ) , American beautyberry , bay cedar , scarletbush , century plant , some yucca species , oleander , agave and others . little trees likely to survive in the bearing of a comely amount of chlorine include wax Vinca minor , yaupon , devilwood , redbay and George Sand hot oak .

Large Trees

Some large tree diagram that are extremely salt large-minded and thus well - fit to tolerate Cl include the next species : lively oak ( Quercus virginiana ) , willow tree oak ( Q. phellos ) , southern magnolia , eastern red cedar , spineless honeylocust , Siberian elm ( Ulmus pumila ) and others . Although these trees are salinity and atomic number 17 tolerant , some may not be ideal for a given neighborhood , depending largely on the climate .

Additional Annual and Perennial Selections

yearly that may be able to stomach atomic number 17 splashing or overflow include moss rose , coleus , pentas , Joseph ’s coat and others . The follow perennials , which may be annuals in coolheaded part , are extremely Strategic Arms Limitation Talks tolerant : Gaillardia , daylily , lantana , certain species of burred pear cacti , lavender cotton and seaside goldenrod . Mandevilla , bouganvillea and alamanda plants may be able-bodied to endure some level of chlorine splashing .

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