Not all plant stalks can be snapped with fingers, and some may cause skin irritation upon contact. Disinfect the clippers with 70% rubbing alcohol concentration.

In the span of three months, Jackie Flournoy's century plant grew a 25-foot stalk. The left photo was taken in April, shortly after the stalk appeared, and the right was taken in late May.

This hardy native is a clump-forming perennial that sends up a stiff, unbranched stalk 2- to 3-feet high. Five-inch-long leaves form toward the bottom of the plant and become smaller as they ...

This hardy native is a clump-forming perennial that sends up a stiff, unbranched stalk 2- to 3-feet high. Five-inch-long leaves form toward the bottom of the plant and become smaller as they ...

That flowering stalk is the most spectacular trait shared by americana, harvadiana, and other agaves.They all have a penchant for flamboyant, tragically poetic deaths. For most of their days ...

“You can trigger the plant to grow a new stalk from the node that will bloom,” Kondrat says. “Pruning like this makes an orchid rebloom in 8 to 12 weeks about 50 percent of the time.” ...

The plant's flower stalk has now outgrown the building's glass roof. At 15.25 feet tall, the plant required some creativity on the part of greenhouse manager, Chris Jackson, in order for it to ...