Q: We recently moved here to Albuquerque's West Side and noticed all the different plants that we've never seen before. First, there is a big church at the corner of St. Josephs and Atrisco drives. In ...

Salt cedar trees, known for their feathery appearance and pink or purple flowers, are causing concern in Southern Arizona.

Two of my favorite flowering trees, and perhaps yours, too, are the redbud and lilacs. Both are just finishing their springtime show now and will concentrate on producing leaves, deepening their roots ...

The world's smallest birds aren't easy to find at the best of times, but you might discover a hummingbird or two at these ...

Invasive plants grew back quickly, outcompeting the native saguaros and palo verde, the state tree with flowers like tiny yellow bells ... National Park near Tucson are also monitoring the ...

Sometimes, the name says it all. Beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) is just as lovely to look at as the name implies, but it's got more than just good looks going for it. The pink bell-shaped flowers ...

This is one of those plants with yellow flowers you'll love in your flower garden. Billy buttons are in the Asteraceae family, and their crowning glory is their small, yellow, perfectly round flowers ...

His students, like me, are fans of the yellow flowers. “It's really, really hard to find plants that can thrive in these [urban] environments,” Ossola said. “Particularly flowering plants ...