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There are plenty of aspects to be considered when you start thinking about your swimming pool landscaping but there is one aspect you should think carefully about it: your choice of plants. Whether your pool is in or above the ground, you will have to choose plants according to this. Remembers that the plants you use for your swimming pool landscaping must be hard enough in order to take all the chemicals they are going to be exposed to.
For instance, if your swimming pool is in the ground, you shouldn’t go for trees and shrubs because they can cause significant problem once their roots start to grow right into the foundation of your swimming pool thus leading to quite expensive repair work. If you go for a green fence for your swimming pool, you will have to choose non-deciduous plants because they will not lose leaves on yearly basis.
Remember that leaves will tend to fall in thus clogging up the filtration system of your swimming pool. Even if leaves are quite unavoidable, you must make sure that you don’t go for trees with big leaf dropping – you must not plant such trees nearby. Even the evergreen shrubs are likely to drop some of their needles and clog up filtration systems. So, you should go for low-blooming plants because they are regarded as a better choice for almost any type of swimming pool landscaping. However, such plants tend to overgrow quite quickly and you will have to provide them with regular attention in order to keep them in their right place.
Another type of plants you should stay away from when planning your swimming pool landscaping are the ones with thorns; rose bushes, holly bushes or cacti come with thorns that may cause injury to people who want to relax around your swimming pool. Such thorny plants can be used and implemented in your swimming pool landscaping but they must be kept away from all the frequently traveled areas. For instance, you can go for landscaping rocks because they can actually block such thorny plants but without hiding their genuine beauty.
If you want to go for large trees or shrubs, you will have to plant them a long way from your swimming pool area in order to avoid the substantial damage their roots can cause when overgrown. If you want to include flowery plants into your swimming pool landscaping, you should remember that, even if they are a quite colorful way to add extra style to your swimming pool, they have a hidden threat that lingers once they blossom. Their scent will inevitably attract all kinds of insects including bees that can become a nasty problem for the people hanging out nearly naked around your swimming pool.
Also, you will have to think about the maximum size of all the plants you plan to include in your swimming pool landscaping. You have to consider this size before you purchase them because most of them are likely to be sold in an infant stage – once a plant is placed in the soil, it may grow several times its original size thus causing crowding and even the death of other plants from the neighborhood.
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