Do This for Continuous Blooms on your Potted Flowers
Continuous Blooms on Your Potted Flowers Summer always comes to our desert homes, and with it, the intense heat we’ve come to expect. While the temperatures can be tiring, I’ve found small ways to escape and ensure continuous blooms in my garden when we don’t leave for extensive holidays. We can take a brief four-hour…
Read MoreTransform Frustrations into a Flourishing Desert Container Garden
Start Your Desert Gardening Journey with These Container Gardening Tips Transitioning from the flourishing gardens of a four-season state to the arid and perhaps thorny desert can be a perplexing journey. I once reveled in the joy of traveling the rolling hills of upstate New York with banks of flowers in the spring. I do…
Read MoreContainer Gardening 101 for New Desert Gardeners
Rather you are a new or experienced gardener, it’s always good to come back to the basics. I wrote this article with new desert gardeners in mind, but everyone will benefit from these tips. Picture yourself in the Sonoran Desert, where the sun reigns supreme, and rainfall is a rare visitor. Knowing your environment is…
Read MoreRevitalize Your Desert Container Garden in Stages: A Plan that Saves Your Energy
Are you looking to change out your pots for the summer but worried about taking on this job as hot days are coming? Replanting in stages might just be the way to go. By breaking up the process into manageable steps, you can beat the heat and create a beautiful, low-maintenance potted garden that will…
Read MoreDesert Container Gardening – Patience required
A couple of years ago, my winter garden was very frustrating. In the fall, we put five large pots into our 18-foot raised bed, making it easier for me to tend them since they were now raised to a more easy-to-reach level. I devised a splendid plan (in my mind, at least!) and installed the…
Read MoreWinter Desert Flower Container Garden – Easy Care Design
1 Color EZ Design for a Desert Winter Pot This winter desert pot design is labeled as an easy-care combination because it has three characteristics. “Leave-In Perennial The vine, Star Jasmine can remain in this pot for years, saving you money and time when you don’t have to replace it each season. “Many Options Color” You…
Read MoreJanuary in your Desert Container Garden
Greetings All! Happy New Year! In the above picture are two RBP’s, aka Really Big Pots, filled with winter color. The front pot has white Petunias, yellow Snaps. yellow Calendula and the pink flowers are Schizanthus, a winter plant that grows huge! The back pot has purple Petunias, Dusty Miller, and purple Osteospermums. The pots…
Read MoreFebruary in Your Desert Container Garden
Do not let a warm week in February allow you to think that winter is over. How’s your winter been so far this year? Cold nights and cool days? Are flowers and vegetables slow to grow? Limited rain, if any? Snow or hail? We can and most likely will have freezing temperatures this month and…
Read MoreTips for your Desert Container Gardening Shopping
Do you plan before you go shopping for your potted desert garden? Before You Go Make a plan before you head out. I bet you have been dreaming about your next season’s pots. Take a cup of _____ (your favorite beverage) out to your patio or where you plan to buy plants, and sit and…
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