Over the last five years, researchers have found that the death rate for saguaros in the Phoenix area jumped from 1% to 2% every year, and is now closer to 7% ...

The saguaro cactuses, towering above visitors with its long, outstretched arms, is the icon of the southwest. Arizonans see them every day, a constant in the Sonoran desert landscape.

Each side of Saguaro National Park offers a visitor center with restrooms and watering stations. Visitors will find maps, Junior Ranger booklets and rangers to ask questions. Each visitor center ...

Cunningham, 68, died earlier this month at her Jemez Springs, N.M., home. She founded Dallas-based Mesa Design Group and retired from the landscape design firm in 2012, but continued to work with ...

We get it, Colorado. You hate xeriscape. You’re probably visualizing it right now. A landscape with neutral colors, rocks and maybe a cactus or two. It appears lifeless and well, just sort of ...

Your article "No Need to Get So Prickly" [Feb. 10] hit close to home, touching on many of the landscape themes at our drought-tolerant demonstration garden in Montclair.

Landscaping with cactus is an acquired taste for many gardeners, but it appears the appetite for the robust plants is growing. Lingering drought, watering bans and low-maintenance requirements are ...