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How to Add a Splash of Color to Your Garden With Pots

Cactus/Succulents, Containers, desert gardening
Colorful containers at Civano Nursery, Tucson
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Colorful containers at Civano Nursery, Tucson

Photo: Colorful containers at Civano Nursery, Tucson

Does your garden have a case of the ‘blahs’?

One of the most frequent desires for homeowners that I meet with is more colorful interest in their outdoor spaces.  One of the easiest ways to add a splash of color to the garden is by introducing brightly colored pots.

Colorful containers at Civano Nursery, Tucson

Photo: Colorful containers at Civano Nursery, Tucson

There are some situations where adding color using flowering plants is difficult, particularly when there is a lot of shade as most plants won’t bloom in heavy shade. 

Colorful containers at Civano Nursery, Tucson

My favorite solution for that problem is to plant a shade-loving succulent in a colorful pot such as elephant’s food (Portulacaria Afra).

Civano Nursery, Tucson

Adding a color element to a shady entry is just one of the many ways to use vibrant pots to add colorful interest year-round. In my latest Houzz article, I share a number of ways how you can utilize pots as a decorative element in the garden.

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Noelle Johnson, aka, 'AZ Plant Lady' is a author, horticulturist, and landscape consultant who helps people learn how to create, grow, and maintain beautiful desert gardens that thrive in a hot, dry climate. She does this through her consulting services, her online class Desert Gardening 101, and her monthly membership club, Through the Garden Gate. As she likes to tell desert-dwellers, "Gardening in the desert isn't hard, but it is different."
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4 replies
  1. karen
    karen says:
    December 16, 2016 at 5:35 am

    Hello pl
    are the orange square containers from the top source” Tucson? Love em , I am in the Phx area, hope they are local??Please let me know when you have the time.

  2. arizonaplantlady@gmail.com
    arizonaplantlady@gmail.com says:
    December 17, 2016 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Karen,

    I took the photos of the orange square pots at the Desert Botanical Garden’s gift shop a few years ago. I agree that they are fabulous. I don’t know if they still have them. The Plant Stand in central Phoenix is a great spot for finding pots.

    I hope this helps!

  3. Robin Leja
    Robin Leja says:
    December 22, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    What I like about colorful pots is how they add color even when my garden is between blooms.

  4. arizonaplantlady@gmail.com
    arizonaplantlady@gmail.com says:
    December 27, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    Absolutely, Robin. It also takes the pressure off if you don’t want the fuss of flowering annuals.

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