A few strategically chosen plants can turn any boring concrete pool area into a lush tropical retreat. Plants that do best around a pool are those that thrive in a humid environment near the water.

However, tropical rainforest canopies are battlegrounds for survival. Ants compete fiercely for nesting space, taking over any hollow branch or space under tree bark. Any Squamellaria ant house would ...

Add ambience, color and fragrance to your backyard with these pool privacy plants and relax in your very own oasis. A ...

The infinity pool of the writers Annalena McAfee and Ian McEwan’s home in the hills of southwest England looks out over a ...

We are just completing the installation of a new pool at our home and are now ready to plant some tropical landscaping. The planting area will get full afternoon sun.

Every pool deserves beautiful plantings to set it off. But not all plants work in a pool cage. You want color, you want tropical, but you definitely don’t want a mess — in the pool or on the ...

The tropical rainforest has nurtured this "pool" for millions of years to become the exclusive home for 170,000 of the world's 250,000 known plant species.

Palms are an important group of plants that we use to create a tropical look in our landscapes. May through August is the preferred time to plant palms here because the warm soil will encourage ...

Now, in place of a concrete basin filled with chlorinated water, the Cramers have a stream, a small waterfall and about 100 lush plants -- all fed with rain harvested from the roof and stored in ...