It's is easy to remember genus Ferocactus if you think ferocious-cactus. The species are distributed over Southern California, Baja and Arizona are fabulous in the wild and even better tended in our ...

Old television programs and movies have made the California barrel cactus famous. For years the media touted it as a provider of life-saving water for lost and weary travelers. The legend was based on ...

Used as a compass by travellers in the desert, this cactus will thrive when placed on a sunny windowsill Why will I love it? It’s the quintessential cactus you can find everywhere, even in ...

Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) is a good-looking and colorful plant. These cacti are perfectly round when young but elongate as they mature, taking on the barrel shape for which they are ...

Q: Over the years I planted perhaps 10 different golden barrel cactuses. Nearly all died the same way. I first notice a hole in the main body of the plant; it looks like a rodent gnawed the hole, but ...

Here's one more wonder of life in the Sonoran Desert: Wild-growing fruit is just now coming into its edible prime - never mind that it's almost winter. The fruit of the barrel cactus thrives - and ...

ASU's location in a sunny, desert environment makes the campus the perfect place for cactuses. Gabriella Zwall, a senior studying dietetics and a member of the Cultivate Downtown Gardening Club at ASU ...

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 ...

Cactus plants are now widely used in home gardens due to their unique design and minimal maintenance. Moreover, these desert ...