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“We saw damage to plants this summer that had never showed heat stress before,” Schilling said. Sunburned leaves of a mock orange shrub on Aug. 23. Brown patches show where the tissue was damaged.
High Desert summers require specific gardening techniques due to extreme heat. Try growing these heat-tolerant plants this summer.
High Desert resident Russell Tullar notes that strawberry plants seem to do pretty well in the winter, but don’t produce a healthy amount of berries until the springtime.
These plants are incredibly drought-tolerant and can thrive in harsh desert conditions. To grow agave, plant it in ...
Explore our list of favorite small desert trees, and even a few tree-like shrubs, for Arizona homeowners to consider when sprucing up their yards.
Between the plants and the critters, a rainstorm like that is a total reset for desert life at all levels. This will be an amazing season out on the land. Tagged: Outdoors ...
The field guide spotlights more than 60 hardy plants — perennials, grasses, shrubs, vines and trees — that have evolved to flourish in the harsh desert, which stretches from New Mexico ...
The desert may seem like the last place you'd expect to find flora. Yet the Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cacti, trees and flowers from all around the world.
The cactus, palms and succulents anchoring yards around the desert can successfully be planted in the heat, but don't wait. And getting some advice from a nursery is a good idea should you choose to ...
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, at 2021 N. Kinney Road, is presenting a class March 18 in which participants can learn how native plants help heal parts your body.
The Southwest is no stranger to sweltering conditions, and desert plants and trees are drought-resistant and heat-tolerant. Arid, harsh environments are where they thrive.
As climate change brings more severe heat, it is testing iconic desert plants known to thrive in harsh environments, ... Sunburned leaves of a mock orange shrub on Aug. 23.