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 ...

TACOMA, Wash. — After nearly 20 years, a rare agave plant is in full bloom at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The zoo said a mature Agave parryi var. truncata in the Desert Garden is in full ...

American agave plants are known for their fairly fatalistic life cycles: live, die, repeat. After blooming, the plants are expected to die shortly thereafter, usually leaving behind clones of ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A unique plant in bloom has become something of an attraction in one Raleigh neighborhood. The agave americana plant is known as a century plant because it typically blooms ...

BOULDER, Colorado — Two "century plants" are putting on a show on the CU Boulder campus with once-in-a-lifetime blooms atop towering stalks, the University of Colorado Boulder said on Thursday. The ...

Tulsa Botanic Center is celebrating the first bloom spike on its Agave parryi with a contest to see who can guess the huge plant’s final height. Agave parryi are sometimes called century plants ...

Recently, local residents have noticed a towering plant on the east side of Rosedale Drive. The plant looks like a two-story-tall asparagus, but what the heck is it? According to homeowner Dale Bounds ...

A Palmdale man was shocked and confused when he noticed a large, mysterious stalk suddenly growing from a plant after more than 30 years in his yard. Miguel Cuevas, an avid gardener, rushed online to ...

Two agave plants are in rare bloom for the next couple of weeks after being planted nearly 30 years ago at the University of Colorado Boulder. The agave is also known as a “century plant” because of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — For five decades, Western Michigan University has had a special guest living on its campus. But the massive plant is about to bloom, bringing its time on campus to an end.

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. 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 ...

Two agave plants are in rare bloom for the next couple of weeks after being planted nearly 30 years ago at the University of Colorado Boulder. The agave is also known as a “century plant” because of ...