Elevate your houseplant game with the ultimate desert cactus – how to grow prickly pears indoors in 3 simple steps. Story by Thomas Rutter • 5mo.

Springtime in the desert can sometimes be downright spectacular, particularly after wetter-than-normal winters, when Mexican gold poppies blanket foothill slopes. Even when conditions have been ...

For help with this task, the garden is turning to the public for help. In this episode of Valley 101, in conjunction with The Lab, we're exploring two questions: Why does the saguaro cactus only ...

Kristen Kindl, Living Collections Coordinator at the Desert Botanical Garden, examines a damaged saguaro cactus after multiple arms dropped off the cactus at the Desert Botanical Garden Wednesday ...

Heat, drought ravaging saguaros, other Sonoran Desert cacti, study finds. Tony Davis May 9, 2025 May 9, 2025 Updated May 23, 2025; ×. Mamta Popat ...

The hedgehog cactus is a great xeriscape plant with beautiful blooms which attract pollinators. It's native to the southwester deserts of the U.S. and Mexico and doesn't require supplemental watering.

Two birds were spotted resting atop a rare and mutated cactus in the Arizona desert, giving people on social media plenty to talk about. The “special desert sight” was caught on camera and ...