Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Tamaris
It excretes salt through its leaves: planted on the front line facing the sea, it fixes dunes where almost nothing holds.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Maintenance
Easy
The tree that drinks salt water
Its tiny leaves carry glands that expel the salt taken up by the roots: that is what lets it live with its feet in brackish water.
A branch simply pushed into damp sand takes root, which makes it the simplest dune-fixing tool on the coast — and an invader elsewhere.
"It gives back to the air the salt it drinks."
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Styling Tip 01
Take cuttings in winter
Push a forty-centimetre branch into damp sand: it roots with almost no care.
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Styling Tip 02
Cut back in late winter
It flowers on the current year's shoots: a hard cut prevents bare, brittle branches.
03
Styling Tip 03
Keep it to salt sands
It drinks heavily and self-seeds fast: keep it away from wadis, channels and oases.
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Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering