Q: How do I divide the “pups” from my potted and garden-planted aloe, cactus and agave plants without harming the mother plant? I heard you were just supposed to twist them off with some roots, but it ...

It has been over a year since reviewing my agave collection, so today’s column checks out the development of selected specimens and compares the form variations of these popular plants. Agaves are ...

If you want a garden that you will never, ever need to water, consider agaves. There are more than a hundred agave species and varieties available to gardeners in Southern California, so you will have ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The hunt for one of the world’s most precious plants begins at the base ...

Mezcal, an increasingly popular Mexican liquor, has seen a 700% increase in production in the last ten years, leading to the over-harvesting of wild agave and the expansion of monoculture plantations ...

Almost exactly one year ago, this column featured Mangaves, new succulent plants for the garden. Mangaves are new plants because they are crosses between two well-established Mexican plant genera: ...