Hello! Help with tropical plants around salt pool Ontario :)

Peterborough, Canada

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!!

Peterborough, Canada

This is our pool - to give an idea. Thanking in advance for your assistance !!

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Highland Heights, KY(Zone 6a)

Hello and welcome! That's a pretty pool--I never heard of having a saltwater pool, but I like the idea! Unfortunately, the welcome forum doesn't get a lot of traffic, so you might want to repost your question on the container gardening forum, which is here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/containers/all/

Good luck with your project. I'm sure it will turn out great!

Peterborough, Canada

Thanks so much for your direction!!

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