Hardiness Zones: 8-10 Best For: People who want a feature plant in their xeriscape gardens. Blue agave, Agave tequilana, is a plant widely used to produce tequila. It’s native to Jalisco ...

But he’s ebullient as ever about growing agave throughout Montecito’s fire and mudslide zones. “The land here is really ideally made and conducive for agave growing,” said Johnson, who hopes to ...

Turner planted 200 keiki in 2013, and now there are 3,000 healthy plants growing from the original shoots, which can be seen from Baldwin Avenue just below the Makawao Cemetery. Today, Blue Agave ...