For a short window of time, visitors to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will be in the presence of an unusual sight. The zoo’s botanical garden has been the home and caretaker to an Agave parryi var.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making at Point Defiance ...

My succulent, Agave parryi, is compact, medium-sized with oval, “glaucous” leaves with an intimating sharp, black tip on the ends. Glaucous being a light bluish-gray, or bluish-white color which looks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a short window of time, visitors to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will be in the presence of an unusual sight. The zoo’s ...

It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. That is where a desert-native Agave plant is blooming for the first—and only—time in its life. “Meet Agave ...

Point Defiance Zoo's agave blooms once after nearly 20 years of growth Plant's nine-foot stalk will flower briefly, then die, completing its cycle Botanical staff anticipate future blooms from similar ...