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Salt-Tolerant Conifer Hedge for Roadside Privacy

A 15-foot cedar hedge was killed by road salt and winter wind. Owner needed a tall, thick, fast-growing, salt-resistant replacement and asked about Italian cypress.

The expert listed salt-tolerant conifers: larch, white spruce, Colorado blue spruce, jack pine, mugo pine, Japanese white pine, ponderosa pine, Japanese black pine, baldcypress. Recommended Colorado blue spruce for the site.

Salt-Tolerant Conifers

Larch (Larix spp.)
White spruce (Picea glauca)
Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens var. glauca)
Jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
Mugo pine (Pinus mugo)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii)
Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)

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