Welcome to the Website of Mary Irish The Horticultural Information and Communications Website for the Deserts of the Southwest Consulting | Speaking | Horticultural Writing | Teaching Mary Irish's Blog Gardening in the deserts of the Southwest is a delight to me and I want to share my enthusiasm for all the great plants, native and otherwise, that can be grown is Southwest gardens. I live in the central Phoenix metropolitan area (USDA Zone 10) but the part of the desert Southwest to which this website is dedicated encompasses those parts of the western United States in USDA Zones 8 and 9, as well. The warmest parts of this region are also able to benefit from the use of a wide array of species from the warm and dry tropical and near tropical dry lands. Plantasia is dedicated to providing quality information on plants and gardening techniques and I hope you enjoy the site and visit often. Mary talks about her latest book at KLRU, Austin Texas More about Mary |

