A mature blue agave can produce leaves 4 to 5 feet long, spreading equally as wide. They are prone to producing “pups” around the mother plant that can develop over time into a huge colony.

Landscaping is an overly expansive topic for a newspaper column, so we will focus today’s column on alternative approaches to ...

Agave Blue Glow is a pretty little succulent to tuck into corners or pots Dappled shade for Agave Blue Glow helps preserve the blue tones and prevents fading. Show Caption 1 of 2 ...

For succulents that develop large pups without root systems, like aloe and some agave, you may need to use a sharp clean knife, or pruner to cut or pry the pup away from the mother plant.

SEQUIM — Isobel Johnston’s agave plant is about to go to new heights, blooming into a towering sight to see along Fifth Avenue in Sequim. A new stalk emerged recently from the nearly 30-year-old plant ...

For most garden plants, flowering is a sign of renewed life. That’s not the case with the succulent blue agave (Agave tequilana). Like other agaves, tequilana flowers only at the end of the ...

As a punishing drought continues to grip California and other areas around the globe, scientists are exploring hardy succulents as a pathway to genetically engineer plants to use less water.Agave and ...

After busting through a glass ceiling, Maya the agave plant is dying as dramatically as possible The iconic succulent’s 60-year reign over Chicago is coming to a bittersweet end. By Alex Schwartz ...

The Geerlingses’ plant is a descendant of an Agave americana that was already in the yard when the family first moved in, back in the early 1970s. Then, about 15 years later, it bloomed.

The bloom also brings a little bit of sadness. Once the agave finish flowering, the plants will begin to shrivel and die—this colorful event marks the end of their decades-spanning lives. But Clark ...

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.

A mature blue agave can produce leaves 4 to 5 feet long, spreading equally as wide. They are prone to producing “pups” around the mother plant that can develop over time into a huge colony.