Woman pruning a large cactus plant using a roll of jute twine - LightField Studios/Shutterstock Saying succulents, including cacti, have a devoted fan base may be an understatement. That enthusiasm ...

'Durango Delight' (Agave schidigera)is a compact agave type with dense leaves accented by curly white hairs. When it flowers, it sends up a red purple bloom on a stalk up to 10 feet tall. It's hardy ...

A new paper in the Annals of Botany reveals that researchers have found unaltered agave plant species cultivated by several early cultures including the Hohokam people, a large Native American group ...

If you want a garden that you will never, ever need to water, consider agaves. There are more than a hundred agave species and varieties available to gardeners in Southern California, so you will have ...

Thanks to this agave, given the scientific name of “sanpedroensis” because it was found along the San Pedro River, it is known that the Hohokam culture (800-1450 AD) knew how to domesticate plants ...