An upcoming update of a power plant in Tempe by APS is expected to provide benefits ranging from new construction jobs to an improvement in the neighborhood aesthetics. The project will modernize the ...

Answer: You can bare root both the ocotillo and the saguaro to make the move. I would tie the ocotillo with cord to protect it and yourself during the move. Dig around the plant about 3 feet from the ...

Anyone who lives in Tempe is familiar with the unique, wiry structure that is the Ocotillo power plant. But the plant is getting a revamp to make it more effective, efficient and ...

A: Ocotillos are planted much like any other shrub. Select a spot that will allow for the mature size of the plant and in an area with like plants that have similar water needs to make irrigation ...

The Sierra Club on April 21 filed an appeal with the U.S. EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to challenge an air permit issued by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department for the Ocotillo natural gas ...

Maybe you’ve seen an ocotillo out in nature. Driving down 385 toward Big Bend National Park, the plants are hard to miss, with their sprawling branches snaking their way toward the sky. The ...

There has been a major shift in the potential health of garden and landscape plants during the past two weeks. Yes, it has been hot but most plants can handle that kind of heat. This shift is less ...

Q: I just purchased a retirement home in Joshua Tree and LOVE the ocotillo plant. I’m reading about the care and cultivation of them, but one thing perplexes me: which side is the south side and which ...

There has been a major shift in the potential health of garden and landscape plants during the past two weeks. Yes, it has been hot but most plants can handle that kind of heat. This shift is less ...

Veteran desert biologist Jim Cornett was astonished to see a bright yellow and black caterpillar munching on a spiny ocotillo plant one late March day. Normally the razor-spiked plants would not be ...

The Ocotillo Wind power project in California is back online after Siemens (NYSE: SI) decided insufficient adhesive bonding was at fault for a fallen turbine blade, according to a report from The San ...

Sierra Club opposes plans to upgrade a natural-gas plant in Tempe. The environmental group says the greenhouse-gas emissions from the plant will be too high. Sierra Club proposes batteries instead of ...