Yucca: Yucca plants are drought-tolerant and have long, sword-like leaves. They produce tall, showy flower spikes and come in different varieties, including the popular Joshua Tree. 4. Desert ...

The desert rose is a succulent prized for its thick trunk, delicate foliage, and trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of deep […] ...

Native edible trees and plants have a bounty of benefits to the desert and the people living in it. The trees and plants ...

Over the next few days we were able to capture our second extremely rare desert event. A wild flower bloom ... the dried dead plants, fade away… until all that remains are seeds in the sand.

As a fly searches deeper into the flower ... North America’s driest desert, by growing extremely slowly - only when water is available. This individual plant is over 10,000 years old.

The ideal time to see the cacti bloom in deserts is usually from late March to early May. This timeframe can shift a bit ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water ... which lays its eggs inside the Joshua tree flower. Desert bird species could also be in danger from climate change, as heat waves lead to ...

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 ...

Winter residents often ask which plants, besides cactus, will best tolerate cold desert nights and yet survive hot summers ...

“Thankfully this beautiful desert gem will now get the scientific attention and help ... loss of natural fire that curbed the encroachment of woody vegetation and regenerated the grasses the flower’s ...

“This prickly plant depends on lifegiving springs in the midst of an arid landscape, just as people depend on those beautiful springs to bring life to the desert and buoy our spirits in a dry land,” ...