Gardening in desert conditions can be challenging, but it's also incredibly rewarding! The key to success lies in selecting plants that are well-adapted to hot, arid climates and low water ...

According to the zoo, the agave's main rosette will die and leave behind "pups," or clone offshoots at its base, which could bloom again in another 20 years. The rare plant is native to the deserts of ...

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.

The agave plant, the source of tequila, would not survive the desert heat without the presence of bunchgrass.

The agave plant, the source of tequila, would not survive the desert heat without the presence of bunchgrass.

SEATTLE — A rare Agave plant is now in full bloom Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making – and now is your chance to see it. Since early May, the ...

The agave plant at the corner of South 18th and Shackleford Street has reached its peak and is now starting to wither.New ...

The desert plants gathered by the Hohokam - and later the Tohono O'odham - for food, medicine, tools and other things are still around.

Noelle Johnson moved to the desert in 1986 and searched for gardening help at the library. She couldn't find the right book, so she wrote one.

Some agave plants began “melting” and were collapsing on the ground into “mush,” McCue said. The shriveled fruit of a Tumamoc globeberry plant is shown here.