California’s Death Valley has come to life. The national park’s current wildflower bloom is “the best since the 2016 ‘superbloom,’” which was itself the largest in 11 years, my colleague Cierra Morgan ...

QUEENS, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 12, 2026 / Nancy Paton, award‑winning director, writer, producer, CEO of Desert Rose Films Abu Dhabi, and president of Women in Film & ...

Recent rainfall and mild winter temperatures have triggered dormant seeds to sprout, creating a fleeting spectacle of desert color in Southern California.

The lean, deeply tanned man with a white beard and bright blue eyes has a request before we sit down.

The first blooms of the year are already visible in some parts of the United States. Here’s why certain flowers are the first ...

The Western Colorado Botanical Gardens in Grand Junction is exactly that kind of revelation, complete with a butterfly house that’ll make you feel like you’ve stepped into a living kaleidoscope. Let’s ...

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In the past decades, desert rose has become a very popular ornamental plant, especially among collectors, due to its exotic and sculptural forms. However, it has been grown on a commercial scale only ...

It’s always summer in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s arid greenhouse, where the view is unlike anywhere else in the world.

This column originally appeared in The Keys Citizen on April 3, 2021. The first thing I do when I start writing a column is to research my subject. When I Googled desert rose shrub (Adenium obese), ...

Winter can be tough on rose plants, and this is especially true when the temperatures are extremely low and the winds are strong. Though some rose varieties are resistant to cold temperatures, most ...

Death Valley, in California, is among the hottest areas worldwide, and temperature levels during summer often surpass 120ºF. In most plants, this high temperature would be catastrophic, but in ...