Century plants are agave plants that sprout tall stems and flower before dying. The name “century plant” can be ...

For those walking into Westminster City Hall, there is a special sight to see: a 25-year-old agave plant standing around 10 ...

For almost 30 years, the Century Plant took root at a Nags Head front yard. In short order, it sprouted a more than 40-foot ...

Another agave in the same park flowered in July 2019, though its stem reached a much lower height. “If it were less tall, I could see the flowers more easily, but I have to zoom in for the photos.

They are often called century plants, but they don’t live for 100 years — not even close. Why agave stalks look a bit like asparagus spears Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

Agave nectar is made from the processed sap of the blue agave plant (Agave tequilana), salmiana (Agave salmiana) as well as Agave americana, which is also known as maguey, or the century plant.

We looked back at the last 25 years of the finest agave spirits from Jalisco and created a list of the greatest tequilas of the century so far.

The agave fiber industry there is said to have failed once sisal prices dipped in the twentieth century, as planters could no longer turn a profit while competing with production from Mexico and ...