High Desert summers require specific gardening techniques due to extreme heat. Try growing these heat-tolerant plants this ...

High Desert resident Russell Tullar notes that strawberry plants seem to do pretty well in the winter, but don’t produce a healthy amount of berries until the springtime.

High Desert gardener Marie Esposito recommends keeping plants in the shade once the hot winds come. She also uses Fox Farm soil, which doesn't dry out as fast in the desert, she says.

Thinking about spring’s glorious flowering fruit trees in the high desert often makes one wonder, how did some of these nonnative plants get here, and even more curious, how did they adapt to ...

A powerful storm blew across the High Desert Friday afternoon, causing what some described as “sand hurricanes” and “mini sand cyclones," which destroyed property and caused a multi-vehicle ...

In the high desert, Joshua tree symbolism is as ubiquitous as the plant itself. The Victor Valley’s two most-populous cities — Victorville and Hesperia — both feature Joshua trees in their ...

A powerful sandstorm blew across the High Desert Friday afternoon, destroying property and causing a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 40.

Free trees for High Desert youth available at Victorville Library in honor of Earth Day. McKenna Mobley, Victorville Daily Press. Mon, February 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM UTC. 2 min read.

The high-intensity fire saw 30-foot flame lengths and fire whirls not unlike those observed in the York fire, and ultimately burned about 1.3 million trees — fewer than 10% of which have since ...

But as climate change makes heat waves more frequent, intense and long-lasting, experts say the increasingly severe conditions are testing some iconic desert plants known for their resilience ...

High Desert gardener Marie Esposito recommends keeping plants in the shade once the hot winds come. She also uses Fox Farm soil, which doesn't dry out as fast in the desert, she says.