Agave's bold presence makes it a focal point in any desert garden, and its ability to store water helps it endure prolonged ...

The view from the patio is shifting as Las Vegas residents embracing xeriscaping after the summer of 2024 left behind ...

A favorite native plant for landscaping is the prickly pear, which is one of the best desert plants. 'Our coast prickly pear ...

Biology professor collaborates on ‘Nature’ study finding some local ‘wild’ plants, are dependent on intervention by Indigenous peoples for their survival.

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

If left unchecked, Scheuring said, erosion ditches can grow large enough to effectively drain a sizable part of the landscape ... desert dwellers — to capture moisture and help spur native plant ...

The Desert Botanical Garden, an oasis nestled among the red rocks of Papago Park, turns 86 in February. The idea for a desert garden came from a small group of Valley-based advocates in the 1930s.

With their twisted stalks and otherworldly outlines, Joshua trees look straight out of an alien landscape or a Dr ... Mormon settlers named these plants after the biblical Joshua because their ...