Perhaps cactus flowers are indeed bad girls because they must lure few and far away pollinators in the parched desert ... Most will be in the red color spectrum, the favorite of these tiny ...

Many people assume that means they will have to give up beauty for "cactus and gravel," said Marita Tewes Tyrolt, Red Butte's director ... periods of dryness. Desert harvest • Vegetables ...

Just as many wildflowers are beginning to fade, cactus blooms are showing up a bit early to keep deserts around Tucson colorful. Among the early bloomers are red and yellow cholla cactus flowers ...