The small bulbs will eventually bloom with good care, but it may take a few years or more.

Dozens of saguaro cactuses have died after being relocated to make room for the U.S.-Mexico border wall proposed under former president Donald Trump, and the plants' failing health is sparking concern ...

Echinopsis cactus plants are seen at a plantation in San Ramon de Alajuela, 43 miles (70 km) north of San Jose July 1, 2010. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate OSLO (Reuters) - Almost a third of cactuses are ...

Cactuses and other succulents (yes, cactus is a type of succulent) are as varied in their needs as different types of landscape trees and shrubs. We can’t help but think of a cactus as just a cactus, ...

PHOENIX -- Dozens of Arizona’s cactuses are being illegally dug up and sold across the world, with many of the plants ending up in Europe or Asia. “There seems to be an uptick in the rare cactus trade ...

Saguaro cactuses, those iconic, multi-armed pillars of green that stand as prickly monuments to life’s persistence in the harshest climates, may have finally met their match. The Associated Press ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The iconic southwestern plants are made for desert conditions, but climate change means that there is such a thing as too much heat. Reading time 2 minutes Record-breaking heat in Arizona is killing ...

Succulents, which are plants with fleshy stems or leaves, are ideal houseplants. They have interesting shapes, are relatively pest-free, and thrive in the dry air of a heated home — and on neglect.

They unfurl in the darkness, great white trumpets as long as my forearm, opening into a blossom the diameter of a regulation softball. It is a one-day event that spans the dawn when pollinators feed ...

President Teddy Roosevelt, the quintessential conservationist, said, "A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.” While in Tucson, Arizona, ...