The post 15 Gorgeous Flowering Desert Plants is by Katherine Rowe and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening blog. Desert gardens are ...

As any experienced San Antonio gardener knows, South Texas summers can be brutal on plants. Following a brief burst of color in spring, the summer heat descends, often accompanied by months of little ...

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, ...

As climate change inexorably makes South Texas' summers hotter and drier — and winters more likely to bring deep, extended freezes — homeowners may want to reconsider the types of plants they put in ...

Designers and experts recommend drought-tolerant perennials that thrive even during a heatwave, including Russian sage, ...

Every April for the past decade, systems biologist Rodrigo Gutiérrez has driven 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to reach one of the driest places on Earth: Chile’s Atacama Desert, parts of which ...

If you're one of the many people who are into succulents, then you know that they are a great plant to have around. They're beautiful, they don't take up much space, and they're relatively easy to ...

There are many different types of desert plants, including cacti, succulents, acacias, mesquite, creosote bush, and yucca. Each one has adapted in its own way to survive in the harsh desert ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

As you no doubt noticed, many of our native plants have yellow flowers. However, a bit of variety can be pleasing to the eye. Introducing white flowering plants into your color scheme can add variety, ...

Q: I have a garden that I want to let my tortoise roam in. What plants do they like and which ones are bad for them? A: A desert tortoise’s diet should consist of 85 percent grass, weeds and dark, ...