Chic, contemporary, and invoking of warm climes, and sun-soaked spaces, cactus gardens are frequently becoming the way to do a modern garden. Cacti and succulents are very architectural plants which ...

The evolution of styles has become the norm with the vast contrast of what was just a few short years ago. Out with soft, lush and green. In with texture, form, and contrast. Several years ago ...

Permian High School art teacher Luis Trejo Fuentes is seeking cactus donations for the campus’ outdoor garden. Contributions have started coming in, but the garden is large, so the more the merrier.

It's beginning to look a lot like cactus. Or Christmas. Or Christmas cactus. Given our Mojave Desert location, traditional evergreen Christmas trees are hardly native flora. But, when it comes to ...

If you ask me, there are three key elements that are essential to any well-designed indoor garden. Texture, height, and dimension. And if there's one plant that effectively delivers on all fronts, ...

Did your Christmas cactus bloom before Thanksgiving this year? If so, you likely are the proud plant parent of a Thanksgiving cactus, not a Christmas cactus. A Thanksgiving cactus normally blooms ...

A small barrel-type cactus was the first houseplant I ever had. It was a gift from a family friend. I was about 10 years old and wasn’t sure of the meaning of the gift. Was I perceived as a spiny or a ...

The Arizona Cactus Garden, first planted in the 1880s for Jane and Leland Stanford, was maintained until the 1920s. Since 1997, however, volunteers have been working to restore the garden. Today, ...

When Christine Turk and her husband, Kyong, saw their first water bill at their new home in Puu Lani Ranch, they knew they had to make some changes. A lot of their 1-acre parcel was planted in grass.