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Agave angustifolia
Caribbean Agave
The Agave angustifolia, commonly known as the Caribbean Agave, is an open rosette succulent from Mexico and Central America, carrying narrow, stiff, sharply pointed grey-green leaves edged with small dark teeth. It suckers freely at the base and builds colonies of neat, radiating rosettes.
It is smaller and more upright than the large landscape agaves, which makes it usable in beds and planters where a full-sized agave would dominate. It is used in gravel gardens, median beds, podium planters and coastal resort planting.
Specifications
- Height1 to 1.5 metres
- Width1 to 1.5 metres, suckering into colonies
- Native toMexico and Central America
- FoliageNarrow, stiff, sharply pointed grey-green leaves with small dark marginal teeth and a hard terminal spine; evergreen
- Growth rateModerate
Conditions
- SoilRequires sharply drained sandy or gravelly soils; tolerates poor, alkaline and coastal sands and rots in wet ground
- LightFull sun
- WaterVery low; strongly drought-tolerant and easily killed by overwatering
- ClimateThrives in hot arid, semi-arid, subtropical and coastal regions; frost-sensitive
Additional Features
- FormOpen radiating rosette that suckers into colonies, reading as repeated geometry in mass planting
- UsesGravel and xeriscape gardens, median and roundabout beds, podium and container planting, coastal resort planting
- SpacingPlant 1 to 1.5 metres apart, allowing room for suckers to fill the gaps
- Low MaintenanceRemove offsets to control spread and cut out the spent flower stem; site away from paths because of the leaf spines
- Pest ResistanceRobust where drainage is sharp, with few significant pest problems
- Drought ToleranceVery high, holding form through extended dry heat with no irrigation
- Salt ToleranceGood salt tolerance in soil and coastal wind
- ToxicitySap can irritate skin and the terminal spine is genuinely sharp; keep clear of paths, play areas and seating
The Caribbean Agave delivers agave geometry at a scale that fits a bed or a planter rather than a whole roundabout.
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Prepared 12 September 2026