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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

Trees in the desert are like oxygen at high altitude — scarce and precious. During a recent spring tree giveaway sponsored by Nevada's Clark County, the team had a couple of hundred young trees ...

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.