I'm in charge of the full-sun side of our Denver back yard. I use most
of this area for growing chile, but I've put in some large areas of
gravel over fabric to lessen maintainance. In one of these areas I
would like to put in a small, 'natural' looking pond (we have friends
with a small gurgling fountain in their yard and the place is
practically a song bird convention center.) I wanted to put in a
chamisa with the pond to its north side; tucked in to the broken shade,
but my wife has nixed it because of the pollen bugging her.

Has anyone here done something like this? I need some suggestions on
something to use instead of a chamisa (which would probably get too big
anyway.) I'm working with a rectangular area about 13'-6" E-W and
12'-0" N-S. To the north is a garden plot of chile (24" high at
maturity) and a sidewalk to the garage runs along the south border,
beyond which is grass.

Thanks for any hints,

r

How about a manzanita or a ceanothus? There are nice small, low
growing cultivars. They like dry soil, but usually do fine near water.


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http://selectree.calpoly.edu/attribute_search.lasso : to see if this
search helps.

bahB

Thanks for that site!

r

plants growing in the pond will also shade it, like cattails and lily
pads.