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 ...

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 ...

A Palmdale man was shocked and confused when he noticed a large, mysterious stalk suddenly growing from a plant after more than 30 years in his yard. Miguel Cuevas, an avid gardener, rushed online to ...

They came north out of Mexico into the Desert Southwest with the Spanish, though nobody knows their actual point of origin. It’s because so many pre-Columbian cultures, including the Aztecs, utilized ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A 60-year-old agave plant is finally blooming at the Garfield Park Conservatory. What makes this so special is it only happens once, and then it dies. Measuring more than 38 feet tall, ...

The Agave Americana, native to Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, is one of the most common and recognizable of the agaves. This succulent is also known as the Century Plant because of the ...

For around 55 years, the Agave americana plant at Garfield Park Conservatory has been growing slowly upward and outward, conserving its energy, waiting to produce its grand finale: a towering stalk ...

Madurai: Agave americana, a plant known to have a tall stem of up to 30ft in height, flowered for the first time on the campus of the American College in Madurai. The plant is native to Mexico and the ...

In Aztec culture, the goddess Mayahuel represented fertility and the agave plant, making her a fitting namesake for the majestic, decades-old agave Americana that grows in the center of the desert ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WECT) - A rare, Dr. Seuss looking type of tree called the Agave americana tree, often called the century plant, can be seen blooming at the Blockade Runner in Wrightsville ...