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.

9 desert plants found in Arizona that you can turn into cookies, candy and margaritas. Jul 6, 2016, 10:41 AM. Share . BY SOCORRO CARILLO AND ELIZABETH S. HANSEN/CRONKITE NEWS. KTAR.com.

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

Here's how to reduce water use and have a lush, colorful yard with drought-tolerant landscaping, including native and desert-adapted plants.

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 ...

Jojoba. Pick up a bottle of lotion and you may recognize the name of this oily plant. Known for its moisturizing properties, Jojoba (pronounced ho-ho-bah) can be found in cosmetic products.

Some of my favorite plants, Perry's penstemon, that is our native penstemon to this region of Arizona, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Desert marigolds are one of my favorite flowers. Just ...

Arizona's saguaro cacti, a symbol of the U.S. West, are leaning, losing arms and in some cases falling over as record-breaking extreme heat consumes the state, plant researchers say. "These plants ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is storing some Tumamoc globeberry seeds, and Reichenbacher is trying to keep some plants alive at his home greenhouse, which could reinvigorate the species, if necessary.