Medium-sized succulents such as agave make an excellent filler for bare areas as part of your desert landscaping ideas, while the prickly pear cacti with their distinctive paddle-shaped stems add ...

Here’s what you should do to prepare your desert landscaping for fall and winter. How to care for your cacti in winter As temperatures drop, cacti and succulents slow their growth.

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona sits along a primary migratory flyway for birds stopping during their long journeys elsewhere. Birders, photographers, and those who simply enjoy ...

C. peruvianus, the Peruvian apple cactus, commonly grows to eight feet tall, but can reach heights upwards of 20 feet, making it an impressive focal point for a cactus garden.

Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% ...

Interest in having cacti as houseplants grew around the world — and so did cactus theft. From the American Southwest to South Africa, desert plants have been targets of plant poaching. Even the ...