Agave americana is a tough perennial that is ... The typically stout steely blue leaves were consequently elegantly elongated and slightly twisted, but well adapted to their particular environment.

Tourists may snap pictures of palms, but here in Southern California, the backbone of many gardens is none other than the agave ... pointed gray-blue leaves with yellow stripes.

MSF plans to also burn the blue agave plant fibre to produce power and ... "In Mexico they do it all by hand. They chop the leaves off, they've got a machete type of implement and then they ...

As the leaves fell heavily to the burnt-orange soil ... in the U.S. Despite its historically hallowed status, agave––specifically blue Weber agave, the variety that must be used for tequila ...

"Ladies, stand back," he commands, hacking for dear life. Once the leaves have been chopped off, the heart of the blue agave, the piña, remains – a football-sized object that resembles a cross ...