Specialty Gardening: Tropical pot decorating around saltwater pool in Ontario Canada, 1 by Ksphotogirl

Ksphotogirl wrote:
Hello! I am new to the forum - just trying to find my way around! I am in Ontario Canada which I think is zone 5. We put an Inground salt water pool in last summer and would like to do some landscaping around it this summer. We have a chain link fence, with a fairly large yard for the city and would like to provide a bit of privacy with plantings. I also am in love with the urban tropical sort of feel! My initial thoughts are to get a couple large stock bins 2 feet x 4 feet - the ones they use for water and feed on farms - and put some sort of bamboo in them - something that would grow tall. I also like the look of large tropical greens - like banana plants ... I love to garden - but frankly know nothing about it!!! I would love to hear some suggestions for what to plant in large planters that are not "dirty" (don't want to have to pick stuff out of the pool), are ok around saltwater and not harmful to young children or hungry dogs!!