April can be an especially colorful time in the desert, as many of our native cacti unfurl their short-lived but spectacular flowers during these few weeks. Among the very showiest are the hedgehog ...

In a time of drought, it certainly sounds reasonable to select species for your garden that require little, if any, water. Many of these species fit into the succulent plant category, which includes ...

"When I was a kid, there were huge hedgehogs in Whitewater Canyon," Clark Moorten recalled one hot afternoon at the garden. We were discussing his favorite cactus genus, Echinocereus. "They spread out ...