But a few, like this homeowner's plant, have soft leaves without the pointy tips. There are more than 250 species of agave and most are large, often growing up to 10 feet tall and wide.

However, once an agave blooms, it will die. Johnston’s plant’s bloom will be quite the spectacle though. “The flower stalk could get 25-plus-feet tall and it is thick and tough,” Kalmar said. “It has ...

Like the beanstalk from the famous fable, the stalk of an 80-year-old American agave plant at the University of Michigan is so tall, it's through the roof of the conservatory of school's Matthaei ...

In the past few weeks, the agave has grown into something from a Dr. Seuss book: A 2o-foot-tall asparagus with hat-rack limbs and great, poofy yellow flowers. Tony Avent at Plant Delight's Nursery ...

They’re making good work of it, too. In mid-May, the agave plants began shooting out long, skinny stalks where flowers began to poke out. By mid-July, one stalk was more than 14 feet tall. “When I get ...

Hummingbirds and bees were drawn to the tall flowering ... fall and spread Agave Americana elsewhere. While the blooming cycle signifies the end of the individual plant’s long life, Keeney ...

An Agave plant at Western Michigan ... flower stalk has now outgrown the building's glass roof. At 15.25 feet tall, the plant required some creativity on the part of greenhouse manager, Chris ...