It's tricky to grow a thriving garden in the High Desert, much harder once the daylight hours are sliced come winter. Non-mulched trees wither in the freezing temperatures and herbs trying to sprout ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Despite the desert environment of the Coachella Valley, most of the landscaping here is predominantly made up of non-native and even tropical plants. Although aesthetically pleasing, these plants, ...

Spring has sprung! Discover hundreds of varieties of native plants, succulents, cactus and pollinator-friendly species with more than 30,000 plants to choose from at Desert Botanical Garden’s Spring ...

For wildflower chasers, March, April and May mean bursts of magnificent color from seemingly mundane plants in the Mojave Desert. Blooms in burnt orange, fuchsia and soft yellow are gifts from native ...

Welcome to The Green Planet, where we'll be taking a close look at some of the amazing plants that populate the world's forests, deserts, waters and even human worlds. Our guide on this journey is ...

While water may seem like the most essential component for the success of a yard or garden, there are many ways to create and maintain a low-maintenance desert landscape without using too much of this ...

Veteran desert biologist Jim Cornett was astonished to see a bright yellow and black caterpillar munching on a spiny ocotillo plant one late March day. Normally the razor-spiked plants would not be ...

Q: I have one hopseed bush out of 20 that was planted about seven years ago and died about a week ago after the rain. I am watering them deeply only once a week. Before the rain, they were all doing ...

Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally ...