Question: Is the life of an agave lengthened if its flower stalk is cut off early? I noticed that the blue tequila agave farmers in Mexico keep them trimmed off. — Tom Gearhart, Valley Village Answer: ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A towering American agave plant that waited 80 years to flower and produce seeds is dying after fulfilling its purpose and will be taken down next month, said its caretaker at the ...

A succulent related to the plant used to make tequila that has been growing for 57 years is about to flower for the first time. After more than a half-century, an agave plant in the Arid House ...

Our trainees are measuring our #Agave flower spike on a daily basis. Y'day it grew 12.4cm in 24hrs ! Will it be going thru the roof of our Arid House?! # ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook After 80 years at the Matthaei Botanical Garden, the University’s American agave plant was cut ...

Surely, I must be in the presence of nobility. Tiny raindrops on the pale green leaves of the agave glistened in the morning sunlight like precious sapphires on the most magnificent royal crown. It ...

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If you want a garden that you will never, ever need to water, consider agaves. There are more than a hundred agave species and varieties available to gardeners in Southern California, so you will have ...

The Dallas Arboretum is full of life right now; bright blossoms, busy honeybees and one plant that stands out above the rest. It’s a crazy cycle of life, and death, for the Queen Victoria Agave. Most ...

For the second time in three years, someone has been hacking off and stealing waxy, 2-to-4-foot-long serrated leaves from agave plants at east Torrance homes.