'Durango Delight' (Agave schidigera)is a compact agave type with dense leaves accented by curly white hairs. When it flowers, it sends up a red purple bloom on a stalk up to 10 feet tall. It's hardy ...

The botany department’s agave has entered its death bloom, shooting up over 30 feet since April. Once completed, the ...

Agaves are in bloom all over Austin. At one Southeast Austin office park, I observed rows of agaves planted efficiently along the sidewalks of blooming at the same time. Pale, yellow-green stalks rose ...

We stood next to the driveway studying a rather stunted Agave americana. Farmers would call this plant a "poor doer" because it's never become established in that two-year old landscape. In fact, it ...

Scientists in Australia think hardy agave plants could be the next big biofuel source. In addition, the bioethanol produced from the plants could help fill unprecedented global demand for hand ...

Lemonade is a great way to refresh yourself, but grainy lemonade ruins the attempt. Never suffer that fate again by using ...

An 80-year-old American agave plant that will flower once then die is about to do the former. Probably. Housed at the University of the Michigan since 1934, the plant has grown so rapidly since the ...

Standing an impressive 12 feet tall with vibrant yellow flowers at its tip, the agave plant is in bloom at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. The plant, whose Latin name is Agave parryi, has been at the ...

Towering over visitors where it grows inside the Denver Botanic Gardens, a 25-year-old agave plant has officially entered its “death bloom,” garden officials said.