Landscape Plants and Trees -

Tropical plants are essential to enhance any pool area by adding color and shape.  By planting low maintenance trees like palms and providing additional shade you can  increase the  variety of tropical plants available to you.

I visited Sun Harbor Nursery on Eau Gallie Blvd- Beachside they were extremely helpful in assisting me with information and showing me all types of landscape plants that would work well in a swimming pool environment at a client’s home I’m working with.  After years of working around pools and enjoying planting various trees and tropical s in my own yard, I feel I am pretty familiar with landscape plants and trees. However, I will concede that not all of my own efforts have been the best planned or executed.  After years of my own experience, I wholeheartedly recommend you rely on trusted Nursery like Sun Harbor for friendly honest advice. They can assist you with which plants to select for your areas sun exposure, the size and scale you can expect a particular plant to grow, as well as continued advice on how to care for your landscape in regard to bug infestation, scale issues, etc.

Below are examples of some great plant materials that work well in a pool area .

 Trees

Foxtail Palms

Triangle Palm Left Triple Christmas Palm Rt

Christmas Palm

Spindle or Bottle Palm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Christmas Palms and some (spiny ) Robellinis in front

Beautiful Tree ( but constantly drops leaves etc. )
Cassia Tree ( not too close to pool or patio)
Palatka Holly And Magnolia ( not too close to the pool though)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accents and Shrubs

 

bright greens and easy to care for !

Available in all kinds of colors- great poolside
I’ll have to get the name of this one Dave at Sun Harbor said it will work well …
Hibiscus Wonderful and showy ( but messy and grow fast )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Groundcovers and Small Accents

 

Great little accents- Bromeliads and Zanadus

Milkweed Plant- will attract Butterflies while showing off it’s own fancy colors
Gazania- a perennial that blooms spring through fall

 

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