Agave is the heart of any bottle of mezcal. When produced in a traditional manner, mezcal is more than just a simple distillation of agave. It reflects generations of focus on these unique and ...

'Durango Delight' (Agave schidigera)is a compact agave type with dense leaves accented by curly white hairs. When it flowers, it sends up a red purple bloom on a stalk up to 10 feet tall. It's hardy ...

Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

"Building a collection of smaller Agaves is unlike collections of roses, Dahlias, Irises and other popular garden plants," ...

The genus Agave encompasses more than 200 species adapted to arid and semi-arid environments across the Americas. These long-lived perennial succulents display remarkable genetic variation, shaped by ...

Agave phillipsiana. Credit: Wendy Hodgson/Annals of Botany A new paper in the Annals of Botany reveals that researchers have found unaltered agave plant species cultivated by several early cultures ...

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his ...

Thanks to this agave, given the scientific name of “sanpedroensis” because it was found along the San Pedro River, it is known that the Hohokam culture (800-1450 AD) knew how to domesticate plants ...

After nearly 30 years of waiting, two agave plants on the CU Boulder campus are having their moment in the sun. Rare Agave Bloom https://youtu.be/B7lZ9xU_9mo The ...

After nearly 30 years of waiting, two agave plants on the CU Boulder campus are having their moment in the sun. 1380 30th St. No public parking on site. The plants, which adorn an outdoor garden near ...