It's a once in a-once-in-a-generation sight in Morehead City. A huge agave plant, well known to the locals, is blooming--a rare sight happening just once in 10 to 25 years.

It's a once in a-once-in-a-generation sight in Morehead City. A huge agave plant, well known to the locals, is blooming--a rare sight happening just once in 10 to 25 years.

Blue flowers can be particularly prized in summer, where their cool nature contrasts with summer heat (if we are lucky).

An Artichoke Agave—native to desert climates, making it a rare sight in the Pacific Northwest—is blooming for the first and only time in its life at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington ...