Spring brings color to Arizona’s desert landscape. In May, the season reaches its most iconic display with towering saguaros ...

Q: My Easter cactus didn’t bloom well this year. I got maybe three flowers. A friend of mine says I should cut it back. Should I? If so, how? A: The short answer to your question is that pruning your ...

Saguaro National Park isn’t in the business of digging up its namesake cactuses. But if it has to be done, why not learn something in the process? Contractors for the Park Service are in the midst of ...

My Christmas cactus is not blooming. It was in beautiful bloom when I purchased it last year, and I was looking forward to flowers this year. It is growing in a dining room window and looks healthy.

While trees, shrubs and other perennials have been shutting down as the days grow shorter, these same conditions trigger “short day” plants to bloom. ‘Tis the season for bright poinsettias and ...

Almost every grocery store or big box home store we walk into right now has a rack of what most people call Christmas cactus. But is it really a Christmas cactus or is it a Thanksgiving cactus? There ...

El Paso artist Christin Apodaca is acclaimed for her murals across the Borderland that celebrate the region’s natural beauty and culture. And while art lovers can see many of her massive works in ...

MEXICO CITY — Even though it's illegal, bars of acitrón are stacked in nearly every stall at the Merced market in Mexico City. They look like lemon bars. But they're pieces of barrel cactus that have ...

The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix is one of 62 other gardens, arboretums and zoos that take in rescued cactus and succulents. Cactuses are the fifth-most endangered group of living things in the ...