From Clovis to Hanford in Central California, the mature succulents known as agave americana are dying. And there is little anyone can do. But this isn’t a case of errant pesticides, disease or insect ...

Madurai: Agave americana, a plant known to have a tall stem of up to 30ft in height, flowered for the first time on the campus of the American College in Madurai. The plant is native to Mexico and the ...

Agave plants are seen in desert mountains south of Palm Springs, California where agaves were harvested for the annual traditional agave roast on the Morongo Indian Reservation near Banning, ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, wait, it’s an incredibly tall flower that’s in perfect bloom in West Raleigh. The century plant (Agave americana) doesn’t take a full century to bloom, but it still ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A 60-year-old agave plant is finally blooming at the Garfield Park Conservatory. What makes this so special is it only happens once, and then it dies. Measuring more than 38 feet tall, ...

Known as the century plant because it blooms infrequently, it is native to Mexico and the American Southwest and typically lives 10 to 25 years in the wild before blooming a single time then dying.