attenuata), Octopus Agave (A. vilmoriniana), and Queen of White ... I have specimens of these plants in my garden, but none ...

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.

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 ...

Agave attenuata is a succulent perennial ... they make an eye-catching specimen plant when in bloom. Though they have shallow roots and are well suited to growing in a pot, a large, heavy pot ...

Perennial of the week: Agave attenuata Agaves are innately tough and undemanding. The main reason they are not more popular in home gardens is that they are outfitted with nasty foliar spines.

The foxtail agave (Agave attenuata) is a common succulent in gardens and along walkways, probably because it is one of the only agaves not armed with spikes on the margins of its leaves.

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 ...

Softer Agave attenuata is another easy and popular pick. You just pop a piece off from a friend’s garden and plop it in your own. In a few years you will have a clump large enough for friends to ...

My favorite agave is the thornless Agave attenuata. I have a large clump on the side of my house. What is most useful to me is that I can pop off a large piece, set it on the coffee table for ...