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Need ideas for nice plants around pool area?

8 years ago

Pool has not been installed yet, but it will be a 7 metre pool with a raised spa next to it...and wanted to get some ideas of nice plants for around it..something easy!

Don't have any trees around us, so we are lucky for leaves :)

Will look like this with the water being lighter blue colour........

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Julie Herbert

8 years ago

Lovely big pots of xanadu, ficus hilli looks beautiful in pots for a bit of height, keeping pot colour matched and uniform planting gives that really lush look, gorgeous pool, looks so inviting.

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Italian Girl
Original Author
8 years ago
I will check those out..thank you :)
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Debbie Fisher
8 years ago
Bromeliads, give a lovely show when clustered together. They are low maintenance and love the sun.
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8 years ago
Four giant varieties that love full- to part-sun include Weraughia sanguinolenta 'Rubra', Neoregelia 'Alan Freeman' Hybrids, Neoregelia 'Gee Whiz', Neoregelia cruenta 'Rubra' – broad leaf form. The others grow well in shade and under the trees, be careful when choosing. I would add something taller like palms or giant bird of paradise in pots of course .
Barbara Dunstan
8 years ago
As suggested by Julie Herbert, I would make sure the pots match the pool surrounds.

I have an indoor pool similar in size to your plan and it is coincidentally black and I have used black pots of differing shapes and sizes for interest and the flooring will be a sandstone coping tile with a neutral pebblemix from the coping to the walls to create a soft contrast.
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Genus Landscape Architects
8 years ago
My piece of advice would be to make sure the plants you select can tolerate being around a pool. This will definitely be a 'splash zone' so any plant species that will get damaged or not cope with salty or chlorinated water. As an example, I have seen a beautiful row of Black Mondo Grass that suffered greatly from the pool water and died.

Also be mindful of the size of plants you might be planting close to your pool. Plants with invasive roots or large palms can cause damage to the strucutre of your pool so their locations should be carefully considered.

Good luck!
LesleyH
8 years ago
Coleus ( huge variety an colour), bromiliads, elephant ears and clivia for a tropical look. With the bromiliads I think mother in law tongues are pictured, middle photo. Clivia for shade. Jasmine tri colour as a groundcover. Also agree with xanadu mentioned above.
Fiona Anastasia Whitefoot
8 years ago
Yakka plants in big urns look nice. Bamboo, cordaline and even fruit trees in stylish urns would look lovely!
LesleyH
8 years ago
Yes I forgot cordyline.
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Fusion Landscape Design Limited
8 years ago
Whatever style and colors you decide on be mindful of the practicalities of vegetation around a pool. A few of these being leaf, flower and pollen drop. Also if plants close to edge spikes.
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