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 ...

Looking for something interesting to do this summer? Hillside Desert Botanical Gardens might pique your interest — or prick your fingers, if you don’t heed the warnings. Plan a visit to this local gem ...

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 ...

And it's in their spines — rigid, hooked and cage-like around the cactus. The ferocactus emoryi in particular caught our eye (and not just because its scientific name sounds like a Harry Potter spell) ...

To find the great botanical treasures of the desert, one must go beyond the well trod paths. This year my expedition was to Squaw Tanks on the four-wheel drive Geology Tour Road in Joshua Tree ...