Soon I’ll trek into the Mojave Desert, once again chasing cactus colors: strawberry hedgehog cactus on spiky gray columns, pale yellow pencil cholla flowers at sunset. I’ll return in May to see ...

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 ...

Many cactus species don’t bloom until late spring or summer — but eye-catching, magenta-pink flowers of the hedgehog cactus are showing up this week in some desert areas around Tucson. “Locally, the ...