For most garden plants, flowering is a sign of renewed life. That’s not the case with the succulent blue agave (Agave tequilana). Like other agaves, tequilana flowers only at the end of the plant’s ...

Go ahead and tell me you can resist agave Blue Glow — the dwarf, well-behaved, barely prickly (snip the tips with scissors if you worry) succulent that you can tuck into all sorts of garden settings.

Many amateur and experienced plant parents find themselves drawn to succulents because of their reputation for being easy to care for. Many of them can also be propagated, thus allowing for even more ...

There’s so much to love about succulents — the fascinating patterns of their foliage, their incredible ability to hold water and their flowers. Flowers? Yes, all succulents produce beautiful flowers — ...

Vining succulent plants come in so many adorable shapes and sizes and can add beautiful and resilient green foliage to your ...

Today’s column appears on Christmas Eve, a joyous occasion for Monterey Bay area residents who observe Christ’s birth or share good will for all the world’s people, and both. Our next column will ...

Twenty-something years ago, when I was teaching writing courses at University of Houston-Downtown, a student gave me an end-of-semester gift: a small pot with a mixture of starter plants in it. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Succulents glow in shades of red, green, blue, and more after being infused with afterglow phosphor particles that absorb and ...

This is the time of year when we all have great garden intentions. We walk the garden center aisles and peruse plant sale offerings and just fill those carts. We gaze into the growing mass and ...