San Antonio Express-News: Enjoy year-round garden color with these 14 flowering desert plants Nurturing a garden in a desert climate is a unique undertaking. Helping plants thrive in desert conditions is challenging, but it can also be very rewarding. If you live in this type of environment ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Microclimates affect how plants grow, appear in the desert San Antonio Express-News: 12 heat- and drought-tolerant desert plants to add to your home's landscape 12 heat- and drought-tolerant desert plants to add to your home's landscape As any experienced San Antonio gardener knows, South Texas summers can be brutal on plants. Following a brief burst of color in spring, the summer heat descends, often accompanied by months of little ... Every April for the past decade, systems biologist Rodrigo Gutiérrez has driven 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to reach one of the driest places on Earth: Chile’s Atacama Desert, parts of which ... As climate change inexorably makes South Texas' summers hotter and drier — and winters more likely to bring deep, extended freezes — homeowners may want to reconsider the types of plants they put in ...
