Tourists may snap pictures of palms, but here in Southern California, the backbone of many gardens is none other than the agave. Before this hardy plant flowers and dies, it can deliver years of ...

Agaves constitute one of the best- adapted groups of landscape plants for arid gardens. Their stiff, sword-shaped leaves and bold rosette pattern of growth make them ideal accent plants. Besides being ...

Agaves are one of the best-adapted groups of landscape plants for arid gardens. Their stiff sword-shaped leaves and bold rosette pattern of growth make them ideal accent plants. Besides being great ...

Eastwoodhill Arboretum team leader and horticulturist Anthea Dalton next to the agave geminiflora, which has flowered. The plant flowers only once in its lifetime then dies. Picture by Liam Clayton ...

If you want a garden that you will never, ever need to water, consider agaves. There are more than a hundred agave species and varieties available to gardeners in Southern California, so you will have ...

Spaghetti Strap agave (Agave geminiflora) is a delightful plant for a central Ohio home. Its appearance is quite different from the common agave. Spaghetti Strap has long, narrow dark green foliage ...

MIKE Leupold never expected his agave plant to do much, except perhaps be a small, spiky addition to his garden. Oh, how he was wrong... He never expected the Mexican native – a twin flowered agave ...