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Old 04-11-2006, 03:48 PM
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AFter working in Chicago with the median and salt trucks, I think non-evergreen groundcovers would work well there.

The evergreen get damaged and can't recover quick enough.

You could try one of the many creeping sedums.

Lysimachia nummularia, creeping moneywort is pretty indestructible and come in green or gold leaved varieties.

Also gypsum applied to the soil can bind up the salt residue, which might help.
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