Everything you need to have living color in desert containers, 365 days a year. Home of my long-running container gardening newsletter, The Potted View, since 1998. With a little fiction thrown in for good measure. ðŸ¤
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What Should I Actually Plant in my desert winter pots?
My winter flower choices for sun, shade and everything between.
Eventually every container gardening class gets to the question everyone has really been waiting to ask.
Little Flowers, Big Personality: Why I Love Violas
These cheerful winter flowers deserve a place in your desert pots.
There are some flowers that just make me smile, and violas are near the top of that list.
The Potting Mix I Trust, and Why Cheap Dirt Costs You More
The most beautiful winter planting in Tucson can fail before you ever see the problem.
I know. I’ve lost pots of flowers when I tried a different potting soil. It held too much moisture and the roots suffered. Aka died.
Winter Pots in the Desert: Your Timing Secret Is Night Temps
My Pots Early Winter 2025
October can make desert gardeners a little crazy.
The mornings feel better.
Nurseries are filling with color.
Friends start telling you what they planted over the weekend.
And suddenly you feel as though you a...
Three Books, Two Classes and Me
This fall I’m offering two container gardening classes and one presentation that is quite different from anything I’ve done there before.
And I’d love to see you.
First, something very special
Late Bloom: What Gardening Taught Me Abo...
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