With a rich variety of natives to chose from, desert trees and shrubs can be focal points of your backyard garden under the right growing conditions.

Large, natural stands of these picturesque, evergreen, spike-leafed yuccas can be found and are protected at the Joshua Tree National Park near Twentynine Palms, California. This 585,000- acre ...

Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano) is a medium-to-large tree native to the Chihuahuan desert. It can grow to 30 or 40 feet, although it will take a long while to get there. It’s extremely drought ...

Tree roots are lazy. They grow best where water is easiest to get. And tree roots absolutely love fertilizer.

I couldn’t agree more with writer Maureen Gilmer’s statement that the palo verde “is the near perfect tree for our desert gardens.” The desert palo verde, with its oddly beautiful green ...

The 150-year-old tree was badly burned in the fires that ravaged Maui last month. New green leaves hint at the possibility of recovery for the tree and its community.

It offers a picturesque form with its spiny green trunk and branches, feathery foliage, and numerous yellow flow­er clusters from spring and intermittently throughout the year.

arts entertainment Lifestyle Go green all year long with these great evergreen tree choices for North Texas There are plenty of cold-hardy and shade-friendly options for your landscape.

Randy McLean, looking over an Arizona cypress, also grows bonsai plants using mesquite grove, ironwood, one-seed juniper and desert willow.

Arts & Entertainment 5 types of living Christmas trees that actually grow well in North Texas Some are better adapted to our soil and climate than others if the end goal is to plant the tree outside.

But they're also common in many states, including Texas and Oklahoma. The tallest Osage orange tree on record, an ancient specimen in Red Hill, Pennsylvania, reaches some 65 feet.

Pecan trees are wonderful native trees, but they usually need a bit of help to produce a large, high quality crop of nuts.