I went to east Tucson Home Depot looking for freesia bulbs. I returned with a trunk full of bowling-ball sized...
Succulent Plants 
Score! Giant Sea Squill in Poultry Netting
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Score! Giant Sea Squill in Poultry Netting
Arizona Illustrated Growdown! Video
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Arizona Illustrated Growdown! Video
This video does a great job of showing off all of our work at the Growdown! Tony Paniaqua and Steve...
Growdown! Report: Day Three
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Growdown! Report: Day Three
We finished it! A huge thanks to Marc White at Casa Blanca Horticultural Services, Chris Drake at Drakebuilt Projects, and...
Growdown! Report: Day Two
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Growdown! Report: Day Two
I’m too tired to write much, but here are some photos of our garden. I couldn’t do this without the...
Growdown! Report: Day One
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Growdown! Report: Day One
“It’s on like Donkey Kong!”, or as my assistant Amy Belk says, “the growdown is on in Tucsontown!” Whatever the case,...
Growdown! Report: The Divine Ms. Debra Raeber
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Growdown! Report: The Divine Ms. Debra Raeber
Call me a snob, but I just can’t endorse a garden with lots of plants displayed in black plastic nursery...
Growdown! Report: Nursery Stops, Part One
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Growdown! Report: Nursery Stops, Part One
The centerpiece of my design is a large beaked yucca (Yucca rostrata) grown in Cochise, Arizona by Mountain States Wholesale...
Growdown! Report: Nursery Stops, Part Two, A Visit to Starr Nursery
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Growdown! Report: Nursery Stops, Part Two, A Visit to Starr Nursery
I’ve spent months in a truck driving around Mexico with Greg Starr looking for oddball succulent plants, and I think...
Bisbee Wall Garden
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Bisbee Wall Garden
I’m a sucker for vertically arranged succulents. Basically, you can hang almost any sort of water-filled plant on a wall...