I feel as though it’s Christmas, and I want to tell you about a special gift which I received. Delightful, fascinating, ...

An agave plant at the Duke biology greenhouse blooms after 10 quiet years; its next step: death. An agave plant at the Duke Bioscience Research Greenhouse has finally bloomed after 10 years. Last ...

Lucinda Windham of Bay County said she has never seen it bloom in the 60 years the plant has been growing. The century plant, ...

Most plants sprout flowers at least once a year, but some, only once a century.One of them, in Carteret County, is getting ready to bloom. It’s an Agave americana, also known as a century plant. They ...