(Atriplex) These plants form handsome, annual or tender perennial shrubs that are grown for ornament or as a vegetable. Those grown for decoration are only hardy in mild climates. A. Halimus forms a shrub, 3 to 4 feet high with silvery-gray foliage. It grows well by the seaside in mild climates. A. Breweri and A. canescens also have gray leaves. Th...