Advice for Plants around Patio & Deck?
anj_p
16 days ago
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Comments (3)I'm a novice too, but I'm thinking about the same thing right now. One thing to think about is that you don't want flowers that attract bees close to the pool. I'm thinking lilacs might be good because they flower in the spring? Are you looking for container plants? This goes against my bee theory, :-) but last year I planted a bunch of butterfly bushes in pots around the pool...they looked very nice....See MoreRooftop deck- Container plant plan advice
Comments (7)I've worked on my share of roof top gardens as well, but never in as severe a climate as yours. I would beg to differ with Nandina on the suitability of a Japanese maple in the location as you've described it, I doubt it will ever look good. You don't say how deep your planters are, if you don't have sufficient depth and width of soil in these planters, anything that can't tolerate frozen soil at the roots will not survive the winter. That greatly limits the selection of woody or evergreen plants. In general, whatever you end up using, I'd suggest that your automatic irrigation system provide up to twice daily watering for a few minutes each cycle for best plant/root health. In general the deeper the soil depth you can provide, the greater possibilities for larger sized healthier growth. You might also consider using portable pots that can be set inside the permanent planters which would allow switching things out seasonally more easily If you're interested in red foliaged small trees, you might do better with Berberis thunbergeri cultivars or Cotinus coggygria cultivars as being far more sun/wind tolerant. Another cool looking accent shrub/small tree for you might include Poncirus trifoliata 'Flying Dragon' I'd suggest you use some hardy succulents in the mix such as Serum spectabile or S. rupestre Angelina, Sempervivums, grasses hardy to your zone. If you'd be willing to consider duoble potting your containers and bringing them inside in the winter, you could plant some truly sun/heat/wind tolerant plantings using architectural succulents such as Hesperaloes, Aloes,Agaves, Dasylirions, Echeverias, etc. These could thrive in the more temperate months outdoors and be brou__ght into a greenhouse or sun porch for the winter, and you could plunk into fall/winter seasonal accents in their place if you still needed something out there in winter, or maybe just park some cut greens and cut colorful branches such as Cornus stolonifera or willows for winter. I would stay away from any plants up there that can't stand up to the wind and hot sun and some drought stress. So no big or soft leaved plants that will wind burn....See MorePool decking/ Covered patio decking advice
Comments (2)Thank you for your reply. We did think about extending it out till the pool but first its costing us a lot compared to Kool deck and secondly the wood tile gets too hot and slippy near the pool. would just doing the covered patio area a brown wood tile and the rest of the pool decking an off white kool deck look bad?...See MorePatio Garden design/plant advice - Zone 6
Comments (9)Only 2-3 hours of direct sunlight will definitely limit what you can grow successfully. I would eliminate any of those that require more or even full sun - no roses, lavender, baptisia, etc. Hostas may not be the look you prefer but they are well suited to those growing conditions!! If you want to add perennials or other flowering plants, look for those that are much more shade tolerant - hellebores, ferns, brunnera, ligularia, heuchera, dicentra, etc. The container/raised bed is not deep enough (width from the wall) to do anything much in the way of layering. Not sure what the vine is you have growing there but it appears to be doing well, so I'd be inclined to leave it. Just keep it well trimmed to reveal the fountain. And if the smaller evergreen shrubs are doing well also, I'd leave them as well. Often just lush greenery - without flowers - will provide a very soothing and even year-round tidy appearance. Since like most folks, I would assume you spend most of your time in this outdoor space in summer, so containers of colorful but shade loving annuals will help to brighten things up - begonias, impatiens, coleus or plectranthus, caladiums, fuchsias. Pansies and violas can extend the season well into fall and primulas can start it out in early spring....See Moreanj_p
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