Some of the best desert plants are celebrated for their drought ... the stems and stem segments are covered in small hair-like spines, so approach with caution. While not usually grown for their ...

Desert willow is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This plant ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...

Holmgren's milk vetch is so finely adapted to its arid northern Mojave Desert environment that it's often the only plant found alive atop special soils strewn with small stones and gravel deposits.