Atriplex halimus

Name: Atriplex halimus
Brand: BotanicalDryGarden
Price: 15.50 EUR
Availability: InStock

€15,50

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Anti-spiraling pots

Quick attachment

Low water requirement

Ready to plant

Atriplex halimus, also known as àlimo or saltbush, is a species of atriplex typical of Mediterranean flora. It is a vigorous shrub resistant to cold, salt spray, and extreme drought. Fast-growing and upright, it tolerates even heavy pruning. Thanks to its vigorous growth and exceptional resistance to salt-laden winds, it is often used in coastal gardens to create excellent windbreak hedges.

Features

The foliage of Atriplex halimus is dense and small, characterized by a distinctive ovate-rhomboid shape and a grey-green color with bluish highlights. The leaves are edible both raw and cooked, as they have a pleasant savory taste. Given the widespread occurrence of Atriplex halimus as a wild plant in coastal areas, in ancient times the leaves of this plant constituted an important source of nourishment: alimo was in fact widely used both as a forage plant and as a "famine" food

This shrub is easy to grow and has few requirements in terms of soil type. Given its coastal origin, it adapts very well to sandy soils and soils with high levels of salinity, but it can also adapt well to calcareous soil.

Grown for its foliage; the flowers, from June to October, are insignificant and gray.

Vigorous, easy-to-grow shrub with few soil requirements, fast-growing and tolerant of heavy pruning. Exceptionally resistant to cold, salt spray and extreme drought, adapting to sandy and saline soils as well as calcareous soils. Excellent in full sun for windbreak hedges in coastal gardens.

Shipping

Italy: delivery within 48/72 hours of shipping.
International: delivery within a maximum of 5 days.
We ship from Monday to Wednesday: so that the plants only travel on weekdays and do not sit in the courier's warehouses over the weekend. Orders received from Thursday to Sunday will be shipped the following Monday.
Packaging designed for live plants, to ensure they arrive in good condition.

When you receive the delivery or hold-for-collection notice, please collect the package as soon as possible: plants suffer if they remain closed in the box for too long.

Returns and damaged plants

Right of withdrawal within 14 days of receipt, as provided for by the Consumer Code. The product must be returned intact and in its original packaging; return shipping costs are borne by the customer.
Plant arrived damaged? Please let us know within 7 days of receipt, with a few photos of the plant and the packaging: we will assess a replacement or refund together.

All the details are in the Terms of Sale and the withdrawal form. If you have any questions, write to us.

Atriplex halimus

€15,50

WHAT MAKES OUR PLANTS DIFFERENT

Long anti-spiraling vases

A traditional lawn is a fragile monoculture: it drinks thousands of liters of water every summer, needs mowing every week, and turns yellow as soon as you neglect it. An alternative lawn turns this logic on its head: instead of grasses, we use Mediterranean groundcovers selected in our nursery—low, dense, and hardy plants, born for hot and dry climates.

The result is a green, walkable carpet that blooms for months, withstands drought, salt spray, and frost, and reduces watering and maintenance by 80%. It is not an aesthetic compromise: it is a more beautiful, more vibrant lawn that is more honest with the environment.