North Indian Canyon Drive in Desert Hot Springs is reopening Friday evening after being closed for more than eight months due to damage from Hilary, the major storm that hit the Coachella Valley in ...

As The Desert Sun’s opinion and community engagement editor, I’m always looking for ways to collaborate with you, the readers — which is why I jumped at the opportunity to work with horticultural ...

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Infrastructure upgrades are on the way for Desert Hot Springs to prevent flooding and improve road access on Indian Canyon Drive and Mission Lakes Boulevard. The ...

Sometimes it’s just not a good time to put a plant in the ground. In most climates, people tend to pause planting during the winter months, and focus planting in spring and summer. Our desert climate ...

Chilopsis linearis, the desert willow or desert catalpa, is prized in dry gardens for its showy, fragrant blossoms which cover the tree in summer. When many native bloomers are past their spring glory ...

Here is one stark sign of the prolonged drought in Southern Arizona: Even some cacti and desert trees are withering from lack of moisture. Native plants are "definitely seeing the effects of the ...

Those of us who scour the globe for new plants for the garden — whether collecting seeds while dangling from a Himalayan cliff or cruising the pages of a favorite mail-order catalog — are always ...