Can any plants survive dog pee?

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Hi there, I have a very specific question about dog pee and I don't really know if there is an answer. In front of my garden fence, where it joins the pavement at the front of the house is a strip about 30cm deep across the whole front. It is quite shallow to dig into as the tarmac from the rather ropy pavement goes under it most of the way. Anyway, to make it look nice I have tried growing a border of lavender and at one end that has taken hold nicely but halfway down it dies off mainly because (my theory) dogs pee there at that end. I've replaced the lavender a few times and it's always the same result.

Our house is next to the entry to the primary school and people congregate there with their dogs and so it's a dog 'hot spot' for peeing. Any dogs on their walks going past also love it as a pee stop. I don't mind this at all, as I have a dog myself who loves to pee there as we go out. But what can I plant there that might survive? I know it's no good trying to deter the dogs as there are so many of them, but I just want to plant something that might survive. Obviously, weeds do fine! A quick google suggests hardy geraniums or ground spreading thyme but I'm just wondering if anyone else has suggestions that might work?

That's my answer then, I suppose! A big nope...

That’s an interesting question - I have a dog and his wee has never killed anything in my garden. On his daily walks he wees where he can smell other dogs, and plants seem to do fine there too. There are spots of lavender, hydrangeas, evergreens and hollyhocks that seem to attract many dogs locally - again without adverse effect on the plants.

I’ve heard that female dog wee is more potent as a killer, but I don’t know if that’s true. I have friends with female dogs and magnificent gardens.

All this to say, I’m not sure your theory is right. Maybe the soil/light is the reason things aren’t growing in the spot, rather than dogs.

@Koulibiak thank you for your answer! Yes, it might well be that the soil / lack of depth to the soil in that part of it is the problem. I suppose I just notice my dog and every other dog in the village peeing on that corner, so blamed that. Certainly I can't say my dog has killed anything in the garden either, and he pees a lot. At the moment there are some quite impressive self-seeded hollyhocks that seem happy in that spot and so I'm going to see how they get on. Maybe hollyhocks are the thing!