Beautiful desert trees: Texas Mountain Laurel 10’ tall | 8’ wide . This beauty can almost be called a bush tree. Its fragrant purple flower clusters fill your yard with the sweet smell of spring.

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Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

Arizona Illustrated. Desert Plant Special. Season 2025 Episode 29 | 27m 59s Video has Closed Captions | CC. This week on a special desert plants episode of Arizona Illustrated…how a “nature ...

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has also taken note of this year’s show. “The ironwood trees are blooming now, and we highly recommend venturing outside to appreciate them!” the museum told ...

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It’s been an up-and-down month for Joshua trees in the region. At Mojave National Preserve in California, thousands of the iconic desert plants recently won permanent federal protection, thanks ...