Nine Ornamental Landscape Plants Tested for Salt Tolerance (IMAGE)

American Society for Horticultural Science

Nine Ornamental Landscape Plants Tested for Salt Tolerance

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Orange peel jessamine was found to be the most salt-tolerant among nine varieties of ornamental plants. Plants are shown after six weeks of irrigation with nutrient solution (left) or saline solution at electrical conductivity of 5.0 (middle) or 10.0 (right) dS&#183;m<sup>-1</sup>.

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Photo courtesy of Shasha Wu.

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