Posts Tagged ‘hot garden’
Tips 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…
Read MoreGet Potted in a Desert Cottage Garden
Do you like cottage gardens? Have you ever grown one? … in the desert? Cottage gardens are an informal design style with dense plantings using floral, foliage and even edible plants. I would not say it is my style – a little too wild and unorganized for me and my more linear brain. However, the…
Read MoreJune in your Hot Container Garden – Tips from Marylee
Don’t Miss These Tips for June in your Hot Container Garden Extra Tips as June Starts Topping 100°F Signs of Stress and Sunburn Root Bound Soil or Plants “Blast” Your Plants to prevent pests and disease Learn to Diagnose a Sign of Stress in your Hot Container Garden Continual Wilting is a sign of Stress.…
Read MoreAugust in Your Desert Potted Garden, OMG It’s HOT
August in Your Hot Desert Container Garden It’s hot, and it’s humid. Ugh. You don’t need me to tell you that. August is the month to take a break from many desert potted garden chores. The most significant tasks are managing the weather and the basic needs of your garden. Our Desert Climate is Changing…
Read MoreOctober in your Potted Desert Garden
If you have not realized it by now, I love potted desert gardens. They are so versatile in there uses, flexible in their placement and plantings and the bottom line – you don’t have to dig in the ground!!… Marylee Pangman, Potted Desert Expert Please Heed My First Tip! Plant winter flowers late this month Whether…
Read MoreDesert Pots: Metal Art Overrules Artificial Flowers
Metal Art Overrules Artificial Flowers – That’s my opinion at least. I know it is hard (and hot) to grow flowers in our brutal desert summer. I do know that we CAN grow flourishing flowers in the heat. I have thousands of pictures to prove this. Here are just a few! It CAN take a…
Read MoreDesert Container Garden Design – Summer Success in Yellow
Every Pot Has a Story – Summer Success in Yellow The photo above is in the backyard of one of my very first clients in Oro Valley, let’s call him Mr. N. He had a dozen or so containers, I don’t recall any were above 12” in diameter. He had a sitting wall, filled with…
Read More“Silver King” Euonymus Profile
“Silver King” can take any role in your all-season desert pots To best survive the summer furnace in your desert container garden, I harp about the size of our desert garden pots. To support our illustrious hot garden plant of the month, your pot should be at least 24” wide. This width and similar depth will provide the structural support as well…
Read More3 Conditions Where Hand Watering Your Hot Container Garden is the Right Choice
You decide to add a couple of pots to your home’s landscape. You know you need the soil, pots and plants. As excitement about our project escalates, do we think about watering them once they are in place? In many climates, water is often not an issue. In cities like Seattle, where there are…
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