Saguaros across the Tucson area are erupting with flowers in an unusual display not seen since 2021. Experts don't really ...

The combination of extreme heat and sustained drought in the Sonoran Desert is taking a toll on our iconic saguaro cactuses, ...

ABC15 Meteorologist Ashlee DeMartino talked with the Desert Botanical Garden during the Saguaro Census 2025 to get an update ...

these towering plants have come to represent America's arid desert regions as a whole. For many travelers, the go-to place to witness these incredible cacti is Saguaro National Park in Arizona.

Plant physiologists at the Phoenix garden are studying how much heat cacti can take ... If you have a saguaro in your yard, the Desert Botanical Garden recommends giving them supplemental water ...

Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for thriving in harsh conditions. Saguaro cacti and agave have both suffered in sweltering ...

Such internal reservoirs help cacti thrive where other plants would instantly wilt. But the saguaro species (Carnegiea gigantea), native to the Sonoran Desert in the United States and Mexico ...

A new study finds that the Sonoran Desert’s iconic cactuses are suffering, not only from prolonged drought but also from ...

When that happens, cells are injured or can die, and the plant essentially starves to death. A damaged saguaro cactus lost multiple arms at the Desert Botanical Garden Wednesday, Aug. 2 ...

The saguaro cactus is one of the most iconic plants of the American Southwest and can grow to be over 50 feet tall and live for hundreds of years. They are native to the Sonoran Desert and are ...

That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants ... At the Desert Botanical Garden, three of the treasured institution’s more than 1,000 saguaro cactuses have toppled over ...