I am not sure where you were going to put the planters but it looks beautiful, I love your colors. We have a pittsporum hedge that runs on the outside of our cage and gives us the waist down privacy we need with no mess inside the pool area...and they grow fast. We have other trees in our yard that add to the privacy but our yard is established (12+ years). I have a few potted plants in the cage and I learned the hard way to keep them simple with no flowers so they dont make a mess....croton are nice for color with no mess. Try to read a post that I think dishnell wrote about plant or palms around a pool. I posted pics there and many people gave some good ideas. I'm sure you have already read the post, but it might give you some more ideas. Again, looks GREAT...enjoy!!!

Your pool looks beautiful and I love the pavers. I did pavers as well and I'm not a plant person. I work full time and might think about watering something on the weekend.

I left a 3x45 foot planter area unpaveed. I was experimenting with some plants in pots and they're not doing well. The knoeledgeable people on this site told me placing them in front of the wall reflected even more heat on them. I'm going back to the nursery to see what else I can get (low maintenance and west facing sun). I was told that putting them in the ground would be better along the wall.

I have seen some pics with potted plants positioned in various areas and I like that. You can really embellish the look of the backyard with the choice of pots. Continue to post if you find any good ideas. Here's a view of mine.

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Looks really Great! enjoy it!

Looks great Gotpool! What color are your pavers??

Thank you everyone!!!

The planters were supposed to be above the sheer descent, to the left of it and just a little planter to the right. It's so much nicer not having them and the mess/weeds. (Livinwell have u thought about a fern..not sure if you want a variety but it's low to the ground and from my understanding, it grows fast.) My husband just finished the sprinkler system outside so now it's time to get plants for out there. Fun fun....

krisfl - the pavers are New England creme/beige/charcoal that were from Flagstone. They actually look different than what we saw at the pool company (little brighter creme color) so at 1st I was a little upset. I'm getting over that. Everything together I think looks good. One of my main concerns when we started this was the transition between the existing tile on our porch and the pavers. We added the accent tiles in the pool to help with that and I think it looks fine. I worried for no reason!!

Congratulations on your new pool!

Wow, I thought that I was being told about the pavers. I am KristenFL, not to be confused with the extremely similiar name, krisfl.

I was hoping that was the color of your pavers because we are going to have the same pavers and I really liked yours. It is great when you can validate your choice by seeing it multiple times and saying to yourself, "I really like those pavers," and then you find out they are the same ones! Thanks for sharing your pics, hopefully I will have pics to share soon...our permits should be in anyday!

livinwell, you have some awesome plants. Don't give up on them! Plant them in the ground, as advised. That will help a lot. Mulch it if you can - it will help hold moisture and add dimension and interest to the beds. THEN, you can add some plants in various pots underneath what you plant. The inground plants will provide some much needed shade to the plants in pots. You could also start some fig ivy or something up the wall to help out as well. Good luck -

Your pool looks great! I really like your pavers ;) Of course I have the same color so I am somewhat biased. Love the shape too.

Thanks Krisfl and dischnell. It is great seeing pictures on this forum, especially when it's something you picked out!! That helped me w/several of my choices.

Nice pool, enjoy!