A century plant almost two stories high in a Texas neighborhood is about to flower for the only time in its life. The bizarre plant, which is in the backyard of a Houston home, is causing a spectacle ...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, wait, it’s an incredibly tall flower that’s in perfect bloom in West Raleigh. The century plant (Agave americana) doesn’t take a full century to bloom, but it still ...
Texan botany is a crowded landscape, at least figuratively speaking. So many plants have become cherished state symbols: Bluebonnets are beautiful, prickly pears are rugged, and pecan trees are ...