Gardening in desert conditions can be challenging, but it's also incredibly rewarding! The key to success lies in selecting plants that are well-adapted to hot, arid climates and low water ...

These 5 desert plants are masters of survival -- thriving in blazing heat with smart water tricks. Learn how they endure the harshest climates on Earth.

The desert plants gathered by the Hohokam - and later the Tohono O'odham - for food, medicine, tools and other things are still around. Even so, many contemporary Tucsonans don't recognize their ...

High Desert gardener Marie Esposito recommends keeping plants in the shade once the hot winds come. She also uses Fox Farm soil, which doesn't dry out as fast in the desert, she says.

Strawberries 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.

But as climate change makes heat waves more frequent, intense and long-lasting, experts say the increasingly severe conditions are testing some iconic desert plants known for their resilience ...

Kevin Hultine, director of research at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, studies the consequences of heat stress on the Sonoran Desert ecosystem. He and his colleagues have been tracking an ...