Surprisingly, they found a pretty little star-shaped flower bed in that desert garden.

令人吃惊的是，他们发现一个可爱的星形花圃在沙漠花园。

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A desert garden USES plants that naturally thrive in hot and dry climates. These plants are better adapted for long droughts and scorching sun.

来自荒漠的植物在干热的环境生长，能够适应长期的干旱和炎炎烈日。

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Lay a 2-inch layer of pebble-sized gravel around the plants. Choose a gravel color to complement your home or the flowers in your desert garden.

在植物周围铺上2英尺厚的砾石。砾石的颜色需和您的房屋以及植物本身的颜色相协调。

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In fact, for your first afternoon, you can go one of two directions the Desert Botanical Garden or the Heard Museum.

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We converted our desert into a garden.

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Bancroft first began designing and planting her dry garden's desert landscape in 1972.

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