Two agave plants are in rare bloom for the next couple of weeks after being planted nearly 30 years ago at the University of Colorado Boulder. The agave is also known as a “century plant” because of ...

Seemingly overnight, a Redding gardener said, a rather ordinary-looking plant growing in her yard suddenly developed a bright yellow-tipped, 17-foot-tall flower stalk. The plant sure had never bloomed ...

More than 100 California farmers have planted agave in the last five years as the industry grows 110% annually, with $2.3 billion market value.

Agave nectar is a food source for pollinating bats, including the lesser long-nosed and Mexican long-nosed bats.

Conservationists and communities are planting thousands of agave plants to protect endangered bats, and the future of ...

From Clovis to Hanford in Central California, the mature succulents known as agave americana are dying. And there is little anyone can do. But this isn’t a case of errant pesticides, disease or insect ...

Along the road when you drive onto the Madera Community College campus, and near the administration building, you'll find ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An Agave plant at Western Michigan University's Finch Greenhouse is getting a lot of attention from botany enthusiasts around the region. No magic beans were involved, but rather an ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

BOULDER, Colorado — Two "century plants" are putting on a show on the CU Boulder campus with once-in-a-lifetime blooms atop towering stalks, the University of Colorado Boulder said on Thursday. The ...

After nearly 30 years of waiting, two agave plants on the CU Boulder campus are having their moment in the sun. Rare Agave Bloom https://youtu.be/B7lZ9xU_9mo The ...

SEQUIM — It took five Master Gardeners two hours and one trailer load to remove the popular agave plant that’s been at the corner of North Fifth Avenue and West Spruce Street for nearly 30 years.