The best plants for around pools

 

Blue agapanthus are a striking pool-side plant. Their flowers echo the water colour and are in bloom through summer while the pool is in use.

 

These excellent no-fuss evergreen screening plants have the additional benefit of autumn to winter flowers that provide interest when the pool isn’t being used.

 

A tub of cumquats or dwarf lemons makes an interesting feature in a hot, sunny pool enclosure.

 

Massed dietes thrive in the hot dry conditions and narrow spaces that often surround swimming pools. Expect flowers to bloom from spring to autumn.

The hot and vibrant colours of ivy geraniums are a plus in the ground, in pots or in hanging baskets near swimming pools. Prune in autumn as the swimming season comes to an end.