Salt Tolerant Plants

Many homeowners in Southwest Florida live very near the Gulf of Mexico and other places with elevated salinity levels which often adversely affect plant success. Wells that have experienced some degree of saltwater intrusion can also present planting challenges. It may be useful to test your well water and to take soil samples. This is a list comprised mainly of Florida native plants that will tolerate various levels of salinity and are usually readily available from our nursery. This is NOT a complete list of acidic tolerant plants.

Dune planting and ground covers:

Railroad Vine
Dune Sunflower
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Spider Lily
Sea Oxeye Daisy
Coontie
Sand Cordgrass
Muhly Grass
Yellowtop
Golden, Beach Creeper
Beach Verbena
Aloe
Shore Juniper
Trailing Lantana

Shrubs:

Bay Cedar
Saw Palmetto
White Indigo Berry
Coral Bean
Beautyberry
Saltbush
Cocoplum
Varnish Leaf
Simpson Stopper
Spicewood
Wild Coffee
Jamaica Caper
Wax Myrtle
Marlberry
Christmas Berry
Ilex
Myrsine
Necklace Pod
Pittosporum
Turnera
Porterweed
Bougainvillea
Agave
Firecracker
Carissa Boxwood
Oleander
Spanish Stopper
Seven Year Apple
Spanish Bayonett
Crown of Thorns
Giant Milkweed
Lucky Nut
Pencil Cactus

Trees:

Buttonwood, Silver and Green
Gumbo Limbo
Red Cedar
Fiddlewood
Blolly
Orange Geiger
Pigeon Plum
Seagrape
Willow Bustic
Wild Lime
Red Bay
Sweet Acasia
East Palatka Holly
Dahoon Holly
Yaupon Holly
Weeping Yaupon Holly
Jamaica Dogwood
Clusia
Wild Tamarind
Verawood
Jerusalem Thorn Tree
Pongam
Bottlebrush
Satin Leaf
Yellow Tabebuia
Plumeria