High Desert summers require specific gardening techniques due to extreme heat. Try growing these heat-tolerant plants this summer.

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 ...

Smaller bush or semi-bush pumpkins grow vines about 5-10 feet long, which are better suited for modest-sized gardens. Jalapeño s Spice things up this summer with home-grown jalapeños.

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 ...

Admire colorful cacti and plants at the Desert Botanical Garden is ranked #1 out of 22 things to do in Phoenix. See pictures and our review of Admire colorful cacti and plants at the Desert ...

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They ...

There are a lot of words used to describe how plants look or smell — think fragrant, prickly, tall or climbing. But there are ...

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.