Gardening in desert conditions can be challenging, but it's also incredibly rewarding! The key to success lies in selecting plants that are well-adapted to hot, arid climates and low water ...

When this happened, the shrubs adjusted their intrinsic water-use efficiency levels to match, almost seven to 10 times faster in the Mojave Desert than elsewhere.

Care requirements: Bright, indirect sunlight; sandy, well-draining soil ...

Plants in the Mojave Desert have taken water-use efficiency to new heights, but in the face of the megadrought gripping the entire Southwest the gains may be in vain.

Cacti and succulents bring a touch of beauty to our dry landscape, and Saturday, experts taught residents all about desert plants. The Cactus and Succulent Society of ...

Landscaping in a desert environment can come with difficult limitations, but this plant can survive the heat and droughts ...

Shrubs in the desert Southwest have increased their water use efficiency at some of the highest rates ever observed to cope with a decades-long megadrought. Researchers found that although the ...

“California Desert Plants” is a celebration of the compelling flora and the patterns they form in California’s deserts. It is available at backcountrypress.com and from independent book… ...

Celebrate the desert's dazzling plants at ‘Xerophilous' The Living Desert is spotlighting arid landscape amazingness; think ocotillos, palo verde trees, and beautiful barrel cactuses, too.

Desert plants — famous for tolerance of torrid landscapes — are dying at an alarming rate due to the twin threats of even hotter temperatures and less rain, according to new research published ...

All desert plants including hopseed bush are prone to this disease if grown in moist soils or in low spots in desert landscapes that accumulate water.