Pacific Northwest Gardening: Basketball Resistant Landscaping, 1 by Kymmco

Kymmco wrote:
Living and gardening in an urban environment, I avoid many of the worst garden ravages of deer, voles, and bunnies. I still have to contend with snails and slugs (and boy am I losing that fight this year) - but my most troublesome garden pests at the moment are my two boys and their *!&$ basketballs!

My husband, in his infinite wisdom, recently ordered and installed a basketball hoop to go with the skateramp on our back patio - and the damage to nearby plants has increased tenfold. I purchased some flimsy metal edging/fencing and installed it around the perimeter, which helps - but there are some trouble spots that are getting decimated anyway, and I've come to the conclusion I'm going to have to move delicate plants out of there and replace them with.... I don't know, something tough.

This is an overview picture of the bed that gets the worst of the damage with the danger zone circled. I'll post a close up in a minute. My hope is that you fine folks might have some suggestions as to good plants to put in that can withstand being bounced on by a basketball, but will fit in with my current plantings.