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Top 10 Plants To Use Around Swimming Pools

By Mary Barnhill
Hayes Pool Plantings

Creating a beautiful garden oasis around a swimming pool has several interesting challenges. You want plantings to be colorful and lush, reflecting the ambience of the water they surround , but you don’t want litter to blow into the pool, causing frequent maintenance that requires a lot of hand skimming and filter cleaning. For these reasons, the designers at The Green Scene select plants with long lasting flowers and foliage that, tends to stay put!

There are many varieties of plants that satisfy the need for cleanliness and are also luxuriant, colorful and look great around a swimming pool. A tropical plant pallet is ideal for e nhancing the relaxed feel of the pool area and decking. Palm trees like the Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffianum) gently sway in the breeze and create a light, filtered shade below...

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