Key PointsPlants like ocotillo and catmint thrive in July heat with little water.Drought-tolerant picks like mesquite and ...

As we toured the park, Cornett took note of visitors photographing ocotillo plants and Joshua trees that had seen better days. The thorny, hardy creosote bushes are doing fine, ...

Light: Full sun Height: 15-25 feet Spread: 4-6 feet Hardiness: Zones 9b-11 Origin: Southern Madagascar The Madagascar ocotillo ( Alluaudia procera ) is a distinctly different succulent.… ...

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 lodge was named after the Ocotillo plant, a blooming cactus-like tree with woody, thorny limbs, prevalent in the southwest and Mexico. The trees were placed prominently upon the development ...