Pacific Coast," said Jan Raubestine of Lansdale. The Agava Americana, known as the century plant, takes a lifetime, up to 25 years, to bloom. Its end is something those bullish on botany certainly ...

An agave “century plant” said to bloom only once every 100 years has begun to open its bushy yellow blossoms in Hibiya Park in Tokyo. Locals and foreign tourists alike crowded into the park on ...

The century plant knows how to make an exit ... with Grainger and his team unsure whether the plant would bloom this year or last. After slowing down during the winter, growth started again ...