Florida gardeners like succulent, drought-tolerant plants because they need no irrigation after establishment, are generally low maintenance and are pest- and disease-resistant. Plant collectors covet ...

Most Central Florida gardeners have never heard of Furcraea, a genus of 20 species closely related to Agaves and native to the same regions. Common in South Florida and Southern California, these ...

What all three of these agaves share is a challenging reproductive environment. They will flower after 8 to 12 years of life in a single very tall flower stalk before this mother plant dies ...

An outstanding Agave that does flower year after year is foxtail agave (A. attenuta), with an arching stem 6 to 10 feet long that’s a sight to behold. This clumping species performs best in ...