Long walls and square pots can add to the linear look of a back yard wall.
We typically design in odd numbers—there is probably some psychological reason for this, but we know it works. These two pots just did not seem right against this wall. I added a third pot—round in shape—and twisted the squares to change the angles.
And here we are with three weeks of growth.
For more information on potted gardens in the desert, visit The Contained Gardener of Sonoran Gardens.
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This article appears in Aug 16-22, 2012.
That’s all well and good. We’re pretty much all about prime numbers here at the House of Red Star, Marylee. That may seem odd, but the key is that 2 is the only prime number that isn’t odd. That’s why there are two Little Red Stars, no more.
The Japanese pioneered odd numbers in gardening.