It looks like Agave angustifolia 'Marginata' to me, but my agave knowledge is lacking. I'm sure someone in the know, will come along that can give a more definitive id.

Agave angustifolia?

Looks like A. augustifolia - if it is, it will be pupping like mad. Additionally, one of the species used in making mezcal, IIRC.

I looks a lot like Agave angustifolia 'Marginata'. I've never heard of an Aloe-Agave hybrid, so I am interested to see what others have to say.

It's a pretty, well shaped plant!

Looks like it could be Agave angustifolia, 'Carribean Agave'

Thank you. It does look just like angustifolia. When I have searched for agaves though I’m afraid that specific name never came up or I must have overlooked it. I had been searching for a while now. Glad to know. Thank you.

Looks like the ones I had. They out grew my house.

I’m sorry. I am just now being alerted to the new posts. Hoovb, I actually had considered placing them in the ground but will refrain to do so. They have behaved very well within their pots so I’ll keep as is. I love agaves but do not enjoy the overpupped, unkept look. The less work the better. Stush, did yours develop a stem? That’s beautiful.

This is the only Agave that I get a reaction from when poked. I get a rash even if brushed by the leaves when walking by. Someone told me the spikes along the leaves have sodium hydroxide crystals in them that are causing my reaction. I don't know if that is true.

My neighbor planted 3 in an island in his front yard. Now he regrets it. This one is about 1.5 to 2 feet tall and pupping on runners.

Oh - and our green waste won't take these unless you cut all the fronds off and bundle them. They don't want to be poked by them, but they took my Agave desmettiana (after it bloomed) with no questions asked.

Plant in the OP is Agave vivipara. Was once considered A. angustifolia before Caribbean version (vivipara) was split off from those growing in Mexico (angustifolia).

J, this agave looks much better for the offsetting, because it eventually forms a yucca-like trunk. Offsetting is not invasive, with pups never straying far from mama.

Yes and was getting like a mini palm tree. To keep it nice looking, you have to remove all the old leaf not just cut it. Otherwise it starts to develop roots and swellings which don't look nice. I don't think the stem will develop a new stock if cut. The stem should die back into the ground and encourage new pups to form. If it did that would make it polycarpic when they are monocarpic plants. Which means once bloomed, they die.

Very interesting GeeS and Stush. I noticed the trunk and thought perhaps it was an older plant or had been well maintained and pruned - like all of Stush's plants. My neighbor's plant, and most of them I see around the area, grow more ball-shaped and pup everywhere.

Thanks for clarifying the difference.