LAS VEGAS (KLAS ... to Mexican Bird of Paradise and Crape Myrtles many plants and flowers can thrive in the summer heat of the desert. Las Vegan Daniela Martinez took a stroll through ...

With this in mind, think small when choosing your plants. “Desert-adaptive plants are usually plants with small leaves. They do not sunburn as badly as plants with larger leaves, which absorb ...

some of the desert plants from other desert climates, they're even having a hard time with it.” This summer has baked the Las Vegas valley and its botanical inhabitants. During a streak of ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As Earth Day approaches on April 22, one local business owner is committed to environmental stewardship throughout the entire year. Joe Davidson, the owner of Cactus Joe’s ...

UNLV is working to reverse the urban heat island by planting 3,000 trees. The UNLV-led Las Vegas Urban Forestry Initiative received a $5 million grant in 2023 to add drought-tolerant trees throughout ...

LAS VEGAS — On a sun-parched stretch of West ... The Southwest is no stranger to sweltering conditions, and desert plants and trees are drought-resistant and heat-tolerant.

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. Trees in the desert are like oxygen at high ...

They focused on promoting cash rebates to help customers rip out lawns and put in landscaping with desert plants. In 2003, the Las Vegas area’s consumption of Colorado River water shrank more ...