Stop evergreen damage

Noticing brown needles like this on your roadside evergreens? Once exposed to the salt-based mixtures used to treat wintry roads, these varieties are easily burned:

• White pine (Pinus strobus)

• False cypress (Chamaecyparis spp.)

• Yew (Taxus spp.)

• Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

If this browning drives you crazy, here are three salt-tolerant varieties very hardy for cold, snowy areas:

• Upright Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

• Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

• Colorado spruce (Picea pungens)