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 are approximately 28″ and are medium-low rustic glazed bowls.
Start January with Hope for a Warming Trend
The forecast for January based on average temperatures keeps the nights cool (or cold if you agree with me) with lows in the 40’s and a continuing risk of freezes. Where we start to see a small change is daytime temperatures increase as the sun sets later each day. In my non-scientific brain, this means the earth has longer to warm up and, hopefully, hold in a little more heat.
This month’s themes – Plant More Flowers and Be Vigilant on Freeze Protection
If you haven’t planted winter flowers, have some empty spots or are just arriving from northern climates, you have plenty of time to plant them now. If you get them in early January, you will be able to enjoy them well into April. Definitely worth your time and money!
Keep everyone you love close – if not in person, then in your heart.
Take time for each other and to smell the flowers!
Marylee
3 Ways to Ensure Success in your Desert Pots
People often ask me how they can learn more about how to garden in this challenging but wonderful climate. There is no “one-stop shop” to learn everything that will help you succeed.
I offer four resources to teach all that I have learned and experienced over the last 3 decades.
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Explore and Sign up for Live Zoom or Self-Study Classes
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Get your own copy of Marylee’s Books – Getting Potted in the Desert and Riley’s Garden Oasis
Here is a quote from one of my book purchasers:
I moved to Tucson a year and a half ago from the Seattle, Washington area. I needed to “re-learn” and adjust to many new gardening techniques in this Sonoran Desert climate. Marylee’s new book is a godsend. I now have a “to do” list for every month with the information I need to take care of my landscape and pots … as well as add new plants or dispose of ones I don’t want any longer. Thank You, Marylee! Kathy P.
You’ll fall in love with Riley, Ben, and their friends in Riley’s Garden Oasis.
As you follow the story of them sorting out the gardening challenges of Riley’s first year in the desert. She faces the same humbling pitfalls most gardeners do in a new climate. Luckily, she has lovely friends and advisors who help her turn her new property from nearly bare desert into a garden oasis. Anonymous
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