Question: My roebelinii palm is developing yellow growths from the sides of the trunks. Can I cut these off? Answer: Feel free to remove the flower stalks, also know as inflorescences, from your ...

Question: Is the life of an agave lengthened if its flower stalk is cut off early? I noticed that the blue tequila agave farmers in Mexico keep them trimmed off. — Tom Gearhart, Valley Village Answer: ...

Seemingly overnight, a Redding gardener said, a rather ordinary-looking plant growing in her yard suddenly developed a bright yellow-tipped, 17-foot-tall flower stalk. The plant sure had never bloomed ...

Q: Could you please tell me if the plant in the photo is a weed? It showed up in our flower garden. – Carol and Jim P. A: The plant appears to be a delphinium, which is a beautiful perennial flower.

HOUSTON — It's almost like something out of a fairy tale: A giant stalk growing from the center of an agave plant is stopping residents of a small Houston neighborhood in their tracks. You may have ...

We humans can be so difficult to please. When plants flower when we want them to, we call it blooming. But when plants flower when we don’t want them to, we call it bolting. Flowering is an ...