It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. That is where a desert-native ...

And, heightening the drama, once the plant blooms, it dies. The agave attenuata — also known as the century plant — has been in bloom for two weeks at Logee’s Greenhouse in Danielson. The succulent ...

As I’m sure many of our plant-loving readers know, what I photographed is an agave, agave attenuata to be exact, which is commonly called foxtail agave or California agave. The California name ...