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POOLSIDE PLANTS

Plants are living organisms that thrive and grow depending upon many variable factors. Some factors that may influence a plant’s general growing success and growth habit include microclimate, water and nutrient availability, drainage, underlying soil types and aspect. Add in the additional constraints of planting near a swimming pool, such as inundation from pool water, pool chemicals, trampling from pool users, etc, and you realise it’s amazing any plants survive this environment at all.

As such, there are lots of variables and it is important that the plant inclusions herein be

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