We have gathered inspiration for your backyard landscaping ideas with advice and guidance on how to work succulents and cacti into your garden design.

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 ...

The Sonoran Desert ecosystem is “only” about 10,000 years old, meaning it’s inherently unstable, Lata adds, with a blend of species still sorting out hierarchy and patterns.

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

feet. Cacti can be grown in any sunny, well-drained area. Smaller varieties can be kept as potted houseplants; hardy species can be grown as landscape plants, either in pots or in the ground.

Zoë Bossiere's bracing memoir, 'Cactus Country,' chronicles their gender-expansive childhood in the desert.

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering ...