Salt tolerant bulbs

Jane McGary via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:04:43 PDT
I saw Narcissus tazetta growing in a saltwater marsh on the shore of 
Crete, among big grass tufts. Also, in Chile there are Alstroemeria 
species that grow right down on beaches, in the salt spray, such as A. 
pelegrina and A. werdermannii. Zephyra compacta is a rare species that 
grows on beaches in Chile too. In the Mediterranean there are Muscari 
species found on beaches. I don't know how much saltwater gets to them, 
but several Rhodophiala species in Chile grow on stabilized ocean dunes. 
My talk "Bulbs in their habitats" includes a section on beaches and dunes.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 9/10/2025 4:32 PM, piaba via pbs wrote:
> i've seen Crinum growing on rocks on the beach, getting lapped up by the saltwater.
>
> ======== tsuh yang
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM Luis C. via pbs <
> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Does anyone have good recommendations for species that might grow in salty
>> soil? For context, I live in an area of Northern Peru where the available
>> running water is quite salty and temps rarely drop lower than 15 °C, even
>> in winter. I have already considered Hymenocallis but having other genera
>> might be nice.
>>
>> Thanks in advance;
>>
>> -A.
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