My mistakes or observations may not be what someone else goes thru. They may impact your pool or may not.Ī lot of my comments are towards someone with a new pool and zero landscaping. Up to this point you haven't changed them so you must love/enjoy them! Since they're already there, keep them and see how your view changes as the pool matures. You already have your yard landscaped and your plants are mature. The purple plants behind didn't live thru the 2019 winter. Sage can be cut back and it grows rather slowly. Strong tubular roots - They may come back.įourth picture is October 2019 of our TX sage with a butterfly bush planted between them. Ferns in the foreground - Those died in the freeze. Third picture of our front from October 2019. Second photo is planting low plants near our pool equipment pad. Those are our neighbor's crape myrtles draped over the fence and our Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress holding up. The first was our brief *thankfully* January 2021 snow. Currently I have some hollies to plant around the pool. The butterfly bushes can't be anywhere near the pool. I have to think of that when placing plants. The problem with my area over yours is ours has a lot of wind. Think rose petals everywhere - Maybe not in the pool, but then you need to get out and fertilize them, prune. I'd also say a big no on the knock out roses. I find his videos easy to follow and very informative. Learned about those on Jim Putnam's channel on Youtube - He focuses on plants and trees in Raleigh, NC which is also the growing zone for me. They survived our 100 degree days last summer and our freezing cold of last month. We found two at Lowe's, planted them a year ago. Another that I found out about last year is a Carolina Sapphire Arizona Cypress. It grows 6' by 6' wide so it'll be a privacy hedge. I'm really excited about this Sea Green Juniper I planted around our pool. You could look into native TX plants, hardy evergreen ones that do well in your climate zone. Yes it is a spice but it grows to 3' tall, branches out, and survives the TX heat, full sun, and survived the six days of hard freezing weather in February. One plant that does amazing in Katy and also in Central TX is rosemary. I had lantana in my old garden, planted along with Mexican heather and it looked amazing. Lantana comes in white, purple, and yellow. But it looks like my plants survived this last winter. Lantana is another good creeper with bright flowers but they do attract bees and do shed. I currently bought a few creeping phlox to see how it does. Now I do have the foxtail in my front yard, the builder planted it, and it didn't survive the TX freeze and snow. Some ferns are more spikey, like asparagus ferns (the spindly type not the foxtail. The problem we had is the branches are easy to break, so I wouldn't put them in a busy traffic area where kids stomp.įerns are best in the shade, especially in TX heat. We have had Pink Indian Hawthorne around our old pool. Same with magnolias - Never ever would have one of those, either. We had crape myrtles in Victoria with our first pool and never ever again. They shed flowers that drift on the wind. Personally I wouldn't put crape myrtles anywhere near a pool or even in the backyard. I've had TX sage for years while in Katy. It does well in the cold temps and in the heat, doesn't require a lot of water. Texas sage is a great plant, evergreen, and small purple flowers come out after it rains. The majority of the project will be done by myself, as landscapers can charge a pretty good amount of money.ĭoing some myself will cut down on the cost and the fact that I love to do that kind of work as well.ĭo your own research, too. Can someone take a look at my Pool area and give me suggestions and/or ideas. It would be great if those here can give me some suggestions. My thought process is to give it a Tropical look. But now I'm in the process of adding the landscaping this year around pool and would like some input and/or ideas from those here familiar with our Houston climate. It was not in my budget when I had the pool install last year, as all of the build was paid out of pocket. Moving forward, I wanted to get some input and ideas with some landscaping around my newly built pool from last year. Many others were not so lucky and my prayers go out to each of those who are still dealing with the mess of it all. Fortunately no damage from the frozen pipes, I was very lucky on that aspect of it. I know many of us have been hit hard with the horrible weather we just experienced here in Texas a couple weeks ago, myself included. A big Hello to everyone here from a native Texan.
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