The deep yellow blooms of spiny senna (Senna armata) shrubs should be putting on a show in the east Mojave and Sonoran deserts this fall thanks to the recent summer rains from Tropical Storm Hilary.

The flowers are usually hot pink, 2-3 inches in diameter, and bloom between February and June. Bees and other pollinators love the flowers. The plant itself is usually about a foot tall and wide ...

Set within the Garden’s new The RAF Exhibit Gallery, this floral display brings a burst of tropical color to the Sonoran Desert, featuring more than 3,000 orchids across 18 species.

Their flowers bloom in May and June, the driest time of year, when all the other vegetation has begun to brown, ... The Sonoran Desert is younger than other arid regions, ...

She takes people out into the desert to harvest beans, flowers, berries, and more. “A natural sustainable way to eat and it often is in your front yard,” said Athena.

See nature at the Desert Botanical Garden through a different light this holiday season with their new exhibit ‘Light Bloom by HYBYCOZO.’ There are 14 sites throughout the garden to check out.

Two Indigenous food educators showcased the abundance of the Sonoran Desert during a tour for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference on April 25.. Their wisdom, while better ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers. The ...

The hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii) is a lovely small native cactus that has spectacular blooms. It comes in a number of varieties in the wild. The flowers are usually hot pink, 2-3 ...