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Salt tolerant ground cover to grow from seed?
Mander
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There is a little corner of land in my neighbourhood that I'm thinking of doing some guerrilla gardening on. It's a fairly severe slope, quite shallow, and very little grows on it, so the soil washes down onto a well-used path every time it rains. The council grit bin is also right next to it, so I assume the soil is quite salty, hence why it doesn't even have many weeds growing on it.
I am going to get a shovel and clear off the path but I'd like to drop some seeds on it as well, with the hope that maybe something will take off and help stop the soil washing away. Any suggestions? I was thinking that something like armeria might work but I don't know if that can realistically be grown from seed. I don't want to put anything shrub-like there as that will cause other problems with maintenance.
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