Southwest Gardening 252 Stories

Dust off your gardening tools and get busy pruning to help your trees and plants reach their full potential

Native Plants 10 Top Plants Native to the Desert Southwest

Get a thriving garden despite unforgiving conditions with these tough, unthirsty, sun-loving beauties

Gardening Guides Texas Gardener's March Checklist

By Jenny Peterson

So long, freezing temperatures. It's time to kick off spring planting, lavish attention on lawns and sprinkle seeds to your heart's content

Flowers and Plants Plant This Flowering Ground Cover for Texture, Color and Wildlife

False heather, also called Mexican heather, adds color to gardens with flowers that welcome butterflies and hummingbirds

Midcentury Homes Houzz Tour: Desert Modern Indoor-Outdoor Living With a Twist

See a stylish home in Tucson that blends a midcentury modern desert aesthetic with a colorful, bohemian vibe

Flowers and Plants Give Wildlife and Your Garden a Colorful Boost With Lantana Plant

Bright blossoms attract birds, bees and butterflies throughout the warm season

Gardening Guides Transport Your Garden to the Tropics

Make your mild-climate garden feel like a backyard escape to Fiji or Hawaii with these 10 cool-winter-hardy plants

Saving Water Water-Saving Strategies From 5 Earth-Friendly Gardens

Get ideas for setting up a rain garden, installing a water cistern, mulching garden beds, growing native plants and more

Planting Ideas Winning Garden Combo: Golden Barrel Cactus and Other Succulents

Combine this cactus with succulents for a striking landscape with varied shapes and textures

Planting Ideas Winning Garden Combo: Agaves and Grasses

See if you agree that bold, spiky agaves and soft, luminous grasses make a perfect pair

Gardening Guides How Succulents Can Solve Your Garden Problems

This large group of undemanding, water-wise plants offers pretty and practical answers to your gardening dilemmas