Plants used in this context should be soft in texture, not spiny, and should be as litter free as possible. Many of the plants listed here will tolerate an occasional dousing with pool water, and are sun and heat tolerant as well.

SHRUBS
Abelia - Abelia grandiflora
Bamboo
Bay Laurel - Laurus noblis
Cleyera - Ternstromia gymnothera
Grey Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster glaucophyla
Eleagnus
St. Johns Wort - Hypericum spp.
Texas Sage - Lucophyllum frutescens
Nandinias - All varieties
Oleander
Indian Hawthoirn - Raphiolipis spp.
Dwarf Yaupon Holly - Yaupon
Red or Soft Yucca - Hesperalo parvaflora , Yucca Flaccuda

PERENNIALS
Silver Mound - Artemesia
Canna Lilies
Coreopsis
Bowles Mauve Wallflower - Cheiranthus
Chrysanthemums
Cuphea
Dusty Miller
Helianthus
Cyperus
Horsetail Reed - Equstrium hamale
Daylilies - Hemerocallis
Hardy Red Amaryllis - Hippeastrum x Johnsonii
Poker Plant - Kniphofia
Lantana
Russian Sage -
Rosemary
Cone Flower - Echinacea
Salvia - coccinea, leucantha
Sedum
Stachys
Yarrow

ANNUALS
Copperleaf
Cosmos
Coleus ( Sun tolerant)
Gazania
Gomphena
Penta
Plumbago
Salvia elegans

GROUND COVERS
Asian Jasmine
Duchesnea
Euonymus Fortunii
Festuca "Glauca"
Ficus pumila
Hottuynia
Liriope
Succulents, Sedums

CONTAINER PLANTS
Hibiscus
Cycad
Asparagus Fern
Agapanthus
Plumbago

TREES
Yaupon Holly - Ilex vomitoria
Wax Myrtle - Myrica cerifera or pusla
Windmill or Sabal Palms - Palms