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.

First things first when choosing that container: Succulents need good drainage to thrive. Start by choosing a pot with a ...

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.

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 ...

The flower stalk is the succulent's last hurrah. If it's able to produce a flower, it will be the plant's first and only. "All of that energy they've stored over the years is put into this flower ...

Ornamental grasses are the best way to make a xeriscaping landscape look vibrant. Blue grama is one of the most popular options. A small, clumping, low-growing grass, Blue grama thrives in Arizona, ...

A gardener was left stunned after a rare plant she bought 50 YEARS ago finally bloomed - and now towers over her house at ...

False agave, Furcraea foetida cv. Mediopicta, is a close relative to the agave. The succulent doesn’t have a trunk but produces dark green sword-shaped leaves from a central point known as a ...

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.

Giant agave plant flowers for the first time in 57 years after reaching 4.5m tall, allowing Cambridge University scientists to confirm its species at last Buds first appeared on succulent in June ...

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.