Container Desert Gardens

Posted by Robert Dailey Aug 1, 2006

Would you like to have a lovely desert garden, but just don't have the space, the time, or the inclination? Then you might want to try desert gardening in containers.

Lovely pots, surrounding your pool or your town home patio might be just the thing for those summer (and winter) doldrums.

There are hundreds of wonderful desert plants that can enhance the beauty of your small space and which, when planted in containers, help limit the amount of work to maintain them.

A series of articles on container desert gardens covers everything from the types of pots you need, soil amendments, fertilizer and, most importantly, a list of the plants that are tolerant to drought and semi-drought conditions, plants that are tolerant of heat, and those which have beautiful, colorful and long-lasting flowers and foliage.

You can even plant vegetables and herbs in your container desert garden.

Read about how you can do this.