There are some things you need to know before planting desert marigolds in your garden: While the barrel cactus is among the easy cactus plants for beginners, there are still a few things you need ...

is a short barrel cactus that blooms a pink or violet flower. Today, over half a million visitors annually visit the Desert Botanical Garden to learn about and see stunning examples of life that ...

DESCRIPTION: From a distance, the Pima pineapple cactus resembles a small barrel cactus. It is distinguished by its ... HABITAT: The Pima pineapple cactus grows in semi-desert grassland and Sonoran ...

Peninsular bighorn sheep can get water from cacti, splitting the spiny barrel cactus with their horns and eating its watery ... We joined the Sierra Club in suing the city of Palm Desert and ...

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in the ... plant sprout dozens of swollen barrel-like buds that break free so ...

Barrel cacti, prickly pear ... Tourists should watch closely at dawn and dusk for animals like cactus wrens, phainopeplas, cougars, desert tortoises, white winged doves, kestrels, and, of course ...

Botanist Gustaf Starck rallied people passionate about preserving desert plants with a sign outside his Scottsdale ranch.