Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A high priority is spacing pups to accommodate growth. Most mature agaves generate offsets (rhizomatous suckers) called “pups.” This is a vegetative or ...

Agave's spiky leaves make it a popular drought-tolerant plant. Here's how to care for an agave plant in your container garden.

The Agave genus, emblematic of Mexico’s rich botanical heritage, exhibits substantial genetic diversity that underpins both its adaptability to arid environments and its cultural and economic ...

Agaves constitute one of the best- adapted groups of landscape plants for arid gardens. Their stiff, sword-shaped leaves and bold rosette pattern of growth make them ideal accent plants. Besides being ...

Climate change, corporate money, soaring demand—can Mexico’s local agave growers find a viable path for a beloved beverage? José Santiago of Palenque Don Lencho, in San Pablo Guilá village, with ...