escape" wrote in message
...
You may find some of the dwarf bamboo useful for this situation. I
understand
this is a psychiatric situation, but the health issues far surpass your
verve to
find plants to sustain this most unhealthy habit.

You can also use tremendous amounts of carbonated charcoal in the soil to
absorb
the potential urea saturation. This is really not a problem for gardening
newsgroups.

Also, you are sending email from the UK. I didn't know the UK was in
Texas.


On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:45:23 +0000, sleavenson3
opined:


I am the activity director at a nursing home that specializes in
psychiatric patients and we want to start a garden. The trouble is,
alot of them urinate whenever and wherever the want, including the
garden. I plan to keep most of the plant up high, but is there anything
I could plant in the ground or planters that might resist the high
concentrations of ammonia? Also, given my black thumb what are good,
tenacious outdoor plants. We are located in San Antonio. Any help would
be appreciated.






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San Antonio is not in the UK, and anyway We still let top-posting New
Yorkers use the NG. The OP is an 'activity director' tasked with improving
the quality of life for the patients, and putting a garden in is certainly
appropriate and on-topic. Perhaps you would prefer that the patients be
strapped down and given shock treatment until they not only use the toilet
consistently, but flush and leave the seat in the proper position.

As to the original question, beyond plant selection, planting in raised beds
using soil with very good drainage would allow you to regularly spray down
the affected plants and 'flush' excess urea out of the soil. With
supplemental fertilization, you could grow most plants that aren't too
sensitive. Many perennial herbs - rosemary, mint, oregano - would be good
choices.