After a freeze, you may be tempted to help your century plant by tidying up the mess. Find out why it's best to wait before ...

Agave's spiky leaves make it a popular drought-tolerant plant. Here's how to care for an agave plant in your container garden ...

MURRIETA, Calif.MURRIETA, Calif. — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade ...

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 ...

As typical crop yields shrink in the face of drought, growing and distilling agave may be a sustainable solution ...

The Agave Heritage Festival highlights the agave plant through a variety of events, including dinners and tastings. Credit: (Jeaninne Kaufer/Contributor) For centuries, the agave plant has had an ...

If you've ever gotten into making cocktails, you've probably heard of agave syrup. It's a sweetener produced exclusively in Mexico from agave plants, and the blue agave plant is famously used to make ...

California faces one of the driest climates in the United States, making it an ideal location for harvesting a number of crops, including the natural agave nectar. Conventional watering practices ...

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 ...

MURRIETA, Calif. — It originally started off as a landscape decision for the Ortega family, planting 50 agave plants around their Murrietta home. That has now turned into 2,000 agaves and the family ...