If you plan to spend time poolside this summer, a colorful landscape will brighten your backyard resort. Plants not only improve the view, they psychologically soften the blow of the heat. How much ...

Landscaping around an outdoor swimming pool requires no-muss, no-fuss plant selections. The pool can be a flowery focal point, but don’t open it to litter from leaves and limbs. “Both in- and ...

The perfect water toys for a day of swimming are pool noodles, but what do you do when you just have too many? Don't toss them out just yet! From creating a water sprinkler to filling a planter, there ...

Selecting poolside plants is a delicate balance between beauty and practicality. Our gardening selves, who want nothing if not a lush poolside planting bed, are pitted against our compulsively clean ...

A contrasting mix of long-flowering plants is separated from the pool water by a walkway. Container plants can be moved to follow the sun while trees are kept well in the background to help prevent ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. THIS PHOTO shows a contrasting mix of long-flowering plants separated from ...

Landscaping around an outdoor swimming pool requires no-muss, no-fuss plant selections. The pool can be a flowery focal point, but don’t open it to litter from leaves and limbs. “Both in- and ...

ALBANY— Last summer, pool installers were busier than ever, landscaping jobs got booked fast, and hardware stores ran out of gardening supplies as the people across the country stayed home and ...

When Jim and Dee Meadows returned from their 20th wedding anniversary to Hawaii several years ago, they brought back the beginnings of a perfect poolside garden. Six bare stalks from plumeria plants ...

Landscaping around an outdoor swimming pool requires no-muss, no-fuss plant selections. The pool can be a flowery focal point, but don’t open it to litter from leaves and limbs. “Both in- and ...