Native and desert-adapted plants like mesquite or desert willow trees will use less water than citrus and other fruit trees, for example. It doesn’t mean that you can’t interplant these ...

Q: My homeowners association requires a replacement for a dying plum tree with something similar. I want to plant a more drought-tolerant, low-maintenance small tree. Any suggestions? A: I am ...

However, many of these imports (like the infamous buffelgrass, imported to provide forage for cattle) have come back to bite us and are threatening our beautiful Sonoran Desert. Some of these ...

The Arizona Sustainability Alliance (AZSA) and Cox visited West-MEC’s southwest campus to plant 25 trees along the school’s ...

This is the second of a three-part series outlining the history of the Imperial Sand Dunes, the vegetation and wildlife that ...

The Arizona Lottery will continue its environmental conservation efforts by working with the Desert Botanical Garden ...

As scorching days give way to the crisp fall air in Arizona, thoughts turn to ... Hackberry, ash, willow, cotton, and ...

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Vegas’ scorching climate and meager four inches of rain per year mean that only the most resilient trees can survive ... to wind damage. The desert willow has white, purple and pink flowers ...

As the days shorten and temperatures cool, now is the time to explore the beautiful Sonoran Desert surrounding Carefree. In ...

What images come to mind when you think of the word desert? I used to just imagine flat stretches of nothingness with an occasional tumbleweed rolling by. That is until I visited America’s great ...

The Desert Bar, also known as the Nellie E Saloon, is in the Buckskin Mountains a short distance northeast of Parker, Arizona. The off-grid bar has food, drinks and live music. Need a break?