Help! I live in Palm Springs, CA (Zone 9) and have a garden bed (about 10' x 4') next to a pool. My dog goes in the pool and comes out near the bed, saturating the bed. I need some plant(s) that would look good together... have color... and would tolerate sun (morning to 4pm... then shade)... and not grow so tall as to obstruct the view of the pool. I was thinking about Golden Moneywort along with a couple large bolders (to break up the monotony of the Golden Moneywort). But I think just this one plant, even with the couple rocks, might look boring. Can anyone suggest what to do with this bed? I'd rather not have to re-plant every season, if possible. I'm stumped! Thanks so much!
2007-07-11 11:54:46 · 5 answers · asked by SoCalAgency 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
id put agapanthus probably peter pan cause it stays smaller. maybe even a few daylilys. and then i would put a tough ground cover in like tapien verbena
2007-07-15 21:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by anne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-09 01:52:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure anything will do very well if the garden is getting soaked with pool water.
The chlorine will kill pretty much every kind of plant you put there, no matter how sun tolerant it is.
2007-07-19 09:10:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
also called creeping jenny. it's a very nice groundcover, indeed. a recent article i read recommended combining it with rununculus ficaria, a bulb, and then some purplish bushes, but they are taller than what you want. i would just go for plants (in your climate, bountiful selection) that contrast with it, ie: purples, reds, even blacks. red huchera? large purple transcantia? black mondo grass or black pansy? but don't chlorinate your pool too much, or the plants and soil will suffer. minimal chlorination, or maybe oxygen alternatives.
2007-07-18 21:59:55 · answer #4 · answered by ellarosa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just so happen that I recent purchased a really cool grass called "cork screw rush"
It loves being wet and boggy conditions.
Here's a pic: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26fr%3Dks-ans%26va%3Dcorkscrew%2Brush%26sz%3Dall&w=500&h=375&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F71%2F221870479_8619d2e339_m.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fwiccked%2F221870479%2F&size=130.8kB&name=221870479_8619d2e339.jpg&p=corkscrew+rush&type=jpeg&no=12&tt=103&oid=8c59b987f33c6580&fusr=wiccked&tit=Corkscrew+curls&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fwiccked%2F&ei=ISO-8859-1&src=p
Here is a list of plants that love boggy conditions:
http://www.backyardgardener.com/bog/bogplants.html
2007-07-11 13:31:56 · answer #5 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋