Good sites for finding cactus blooms as the season develops include Saguaro National Park, with units east and west of Tucson, and canyons of the Catalina Mountains, including Sabino Canyon.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Side blooms themselves aren’t rare. When a saguaro areole doesn’t bud in the spring, it still can bloom the following year. Because it’s now lower down the spine and the flower can’t get enough sap to ...

Saguaro National Park has become an important adjunct to the study of the saguaro. The park, which attracted more than 1 million visitors in 2019, protects 92,000 acres of the cactus in two ...

Since saguaro blooms don't rely on rain as much as wildflowers do, ... "There's no need to go on any particular, difficult hikes to see cactus blooms," Boscolo says.

The saguaro cactuses, towering above visitors with its long, outstretched arms, is the icon of the southwest. Arizonans see them every day, a constant in the Sonoran desert landscape.

Saguaro typically bloom at night, and bats are one of their chief pollinators. Of course, the bats are not helping out the cactus just to be altruistic.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ripens. For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, ...

The beloved cactus, nearly 100 years older than Arizona itself, weathered generations of storms and droughts, until it toppled to the ground after August rains.

At a quick glance, these small columnar ones can be confused with other cacti, such as the barrel cactus, for a saguaro’s first arms might not grow until the plant is 50 to 100 years old. Some ...