Landscaping ideas behind pool
Lisa Moffitt
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Comments (5)Unfortunately not everything goes according to plan... Yes we didn't think about storage for the solar blanket in the plans. Not everyone around here uses one so it wasn't on our mind at the time. So we didn't really think about storing it when you take it off. We are finding it saves a lot of heat loss up here so we would like to continue to use at least until kids get out of school at the end of June. The pool does have a greater slope to it at the back then expected. Our orignal plan was to just add sod back there. Now that we have new neighbours who cut down a cedar hedge we now have privacy issues. Not to mention the other neighbour who decided this year to take down a gazebo that he had in his back yard that gave us privacy on the other side. Thank goodness he has a yard tree to give us some privacy back there. So now we feel we should do something other then just add sod. I was hoping to get some ideas that we would be able to do our self from some more experienced gardeners thast are here on line....See MoreLandscaping ideas for behind pool with a small slope
Comments (1)for one of my neighbors we stacked up his (and my) broken deck pieces of concrete and mortered them together. I then just filled behind with dirt. the retaining wall was to keep the dirt off the wooden fence with out having to redo the fence with a very difficult neighbor. since you don't have an abundance of broken concrete at the moment you might have to resort to regular cinder block :)....See MoreNeed some good ideas for landscaping pool area
Comments (6)One other maintenance related landscaping consideration is how much water fowl it might attract as it matures... mainly if you have creeks or ponds in your neighborhood. We're in the Richardson area less than a block away from a park with a normally duck-filled creek running through it. We originally had the bed along our raised pool edge planted with mostly evergreen 'Ballerina' Indian Hawthorn,'Edward Goucher' abelia, and dwarf pampas grass (that turned out to be a mis-tagged standard) which the local mallards loved for the heavy cover they provided during their February to June nesting window. Initially we loved their visits, but as many as three nesting pairs over a season more than tripled our pool chemical costs and maintenance efforts; after which, it was still tough to keep the pool clear. Also, the ducklings had a zero survival rate in our rabbit-proof backyard unless we could get them relocated in time... which never left Momma duck very happy. We've eliminated the problem (so far) by replacing the evergreens with deciduous and much less dense semi-evergreen plants. The bit of additional gardening work for the spring clean-up/pruning is tiny compared with the effort/cost of keeping a pool clean with mallards in residence. An inflatable gator kept on the pool also reduces their "house-hunting" visits, though pretty certain they would learn to ignore it if they found the surrounding foliage more appealing. The deciduous bed has been an evolving experiment since 2011, so has actually been more fun from a gardening perspective. Though I do occasionally miss the more formal look and low maintenance of the evergreens, I would never go back to them for a pool bed in a neighborhood with a significant duck population....See MoreLandscaping suggestions for behind pool?
Comments (11)"New Zealand Flax, Spanish lavender, liriope aka Lilyturf are a few plants to consider. Also cistus rose, butterfly bush and loropetalum aka Chinese fringe flower. Mediterranean plants are drought resistant." Not sure how one is defining 'Mediterranean' but with the exception of the lavender and the cistus, none of the plants mentioned are of Mediterranean origin. "I wanted to use Icee Blue Podocarpus but learned they burn in our California heat." I find this difficult to believe. The plant was bred/developed in SoCal and they are widely sold and planted from the Bay area southward. Podocarpus of various kinds are commonly used for privacy screening in SoCal. If you like the plant, I'd go for it....See MoreLisa Moffitt
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