Posts Tagged ‘Desert Winter Potted Garden’
Desert Gardening – Patience required
If you have followed my winter garden this year, you know I have been frustrated. In the fall, we put five large pots into our 18-foot raised bed, making it easier for me to tend them. I devised a splendid plan (in my mind, at least!) and installed the pots and plants in late October.…
Read MoreShades of Purple for your Winter Desert Pots
A Winter KISS Design for Full Sun in Your Desert Pots (KISS – Keep It Super Simple!) Plant this pot design from the back to front (as pictured) or start with the Osteos in the center for an all-around pot. Why I Love These Plants Osteospermums, Petunias, Pansies and Lobelia provide bold color for your…
Read MoreA Winter KISS Design for Full Sun in Your Desert Pots
This KISS Design ensures plenty of ways to get it right (KISS – Keep It Super Simple!) Looking at this combination of flowers in a winter pot, I realized it does not matter where you place the plants. Since each of the three varieties (in five colors) have a medium upright stature as well as…
Read MoreViolas – A Desert Cool Season Annual
Violas in my book, are true winter annuals, as opposed to what I call “Shoulder Season” annuals such as Snapdragons and Petunias that can handle the desert’s heat that stretches into autumn’s months where the thermometer seems to stall out in the upper 80’s and ’90s. Some years, longer than others. (For more on “Shoulder…
Read MoreA Super Simple Winter Desert Container Design
Plant your desert pots with the KISS method Keep It Super Simple! Our center stage of this KISS pot is Calendula. You already have a Calendula plant description article in your premium content folders. Here is the LINK, so you don’t have to go searching. https://potteddesert.com/calendula/ I chose Calendula for this KISS design because it…
Read MoreEasy-Care Arrangements for Desert Pots
Easy-Care Desert Container Gardens “Don’t Let Your Pots Stay Empty!” The extreme temperatures create a more challenging scenario in our desert climate. With the lack of rainfall, the intense sun and heat, we must know what to plant, when and where. We don’t always want to be wedded to our gardens all year long. Watering,…
Read MoreFreezing Deserts – Watering the Desert Potted Garden When It’s Cold
Many desert dwellers will start complaining about the cold as soon as the mercury gets below 80°F! When we moved from an icy winter in New York State, we said that my blood thinned out as soon as we hit the Arizona state line. ? However, for our potted desert gardens, the cold will…
Read MoreUsing Color in Your Desert Potted Garden
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder… sometimes Color is the most prominent element in garden design and typically for DIY gardeners, the first one considered. Color does two things without us even realizing it. 1. Color draws us into a garden getting us out of the house onto our patio. 2. Color…
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