Maui Land & Pineapple Company has planted 25 acres of its upcountry land with agave in a new venture to produce spirits.

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 ...

MURRIETA, Calif. — 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 property ...

The Agave Heritage Festival highlights the agave plant through a variety of events, including dinners and tastings. Credit: (Jeaninne Kaufer/Contributor) For centuries, the agave plant has had an ...

Tequila is the only alcohol made from a plant that must be killed in the process. Weber azul agave plants are harvested for ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. That is where a desert-native Agave plant is ...

SEQUIM — It took five Master Gardeners two hours and one trailer load to remove the popular agave plant that’s been at the corner of North Fifth Avenue and West Spruce Street for nearly 30 years.