From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

Joshua trees typically bloom in February and April, according to Jeremy Yoder, an associate professor of biology at ...

Joshua trees normally bloom after February, but if you're seeing early blossoms, you might be dealing with a more serious ...

The Karner blue butterfly is one of many species of butterflies that depend on specific host plants. Because the caterpillars only feed on blue lupine plants, they depend on hatching at the right time ...

A red yucca plant growing near a sidewalk. - You Touch Pix of EuToch/Shutterstock It's easier than you think to diversify your landscaping while sticking to the same aesthetic that you know and love.

The desert plant takes 10-15 years to grow to the size most buyers want, leading to an illicit underground plant trade. It’s another dry year in Texas, and as more people adopt xeriscaping, or drought ...

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to share their images with environmental biologists at Cal State Northridge ...

Descanso Gardens debuts World Pollinators, a new large-scale botanical sculpture exhibition at the Descanso Railroad. The ...

The snow has mostly melted and once again yards and fields are brown instead of white. In some undeveloped areas native grasses like little bluestem dot fields with clumps of their copper-colored ...

Daytime pollinators, like hummingbirds, are often top-of-mind when it comes to curating a garden—and rightfully so. These important birds are essential to the life cycle of many flowers, and help ...