In the Sonoran Desert, surrounded by five mountain ranges and 350 days of sunshine, lies Tucson where native edible plants ...

Discover eight of the most outstanding plants in the desert today. Native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico, the saguaro cactus stands tall and proud, a sentinel of the desert landscape.

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world. The garden's brightly colored plants sharply contrast the Sonoran Desert's ...

The saguaro cactus is a distinctive icon of the American Southwest, found only in the Sonoran Desert. This towering plant, which can grow up to 60 feet tall and live for ... which competes with nearly ...

The Green Valley Gardeners will feature Mark Sitter, a popular expert on cacti grown in our region, at a seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 21 in Quail Creek.