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 ...

Rain is helping WRAL's century plant not just grow but soar! On May 30, the plant measured 14.5 feet from base to top. A week ago, it only measured 13 feet tall. The plant, which could exceed heights ...

Among Longwood Garden’s near 1,100 acres of gardens, woodlands and meadows and 10,000 species is a once-in-a-lifetime bloom that is as hard to miss as it is rare to witness. After nearly two decades, ...

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 ...