An agave plant at the Duke biology greenhouse blooms after 10 quiet years; its next step: death. An agave plant at the Duke Bioscience Research Greenhouse has finally bloomed after 10 years. Last ...

The manuscript was printed on maguey paper, a type made from pounded agave plants that is so rare that only 10 sheets were known to exist: four at the Library of Congress and six at the National ...

Seedlings from Cambridge University Botanic Garden's giant agave that flowered after 57 years - and then died - have been left out to collect. The 4.5m (14.5ft) plant was cut down last week ...

Alice the Agave americana plant commands attention as she readies herself for her grand finale. Standing proudly at an impressive height of 25 feet, Alice surprisingly took little to no ...

Staff had been tending the agave, part of a family of plants from which tequila is made ... As a result, "this is a rare sight in cultivation", combined with the fact they are not commonly ...

These are usually more rare in cultivation ... diseases can be easily spread amongst plants. Checking the mother agave before you take any offsets or pups will prevent potentially spreading ...

Locals and foreign tourists alike crowded into the park on July 14 to see and photograph the rare flowers. The plant is an agave americana glowing near the pelican fountain in the first flower bed ...