Shrubby evergreen foliage and woody stems don’t automatically stir up an image of “cactus,” but we can grow some stunning tropical varieties that produce beautiful flowers and edible fruit, are not ...

History records that when Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés led an expedition in 1535 to what we know today as Baja California, he was greeted by an army of giants — giant cacti, that is. The young ...

Q: I have white cotton clusters on my prickly pear cactus. What effect do they have on prickly pear cactuses? What is it and what should I do about it? A: Many of us have prickly pear cactus growing ...