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Dutchlady1 said:A friend has a low planter under her front windows the entire length of the house. I think some Agaves would be good in there but we don't want ones (like A. americana) that get huge. Something that stays within 18". I already can think of Foxtail Agave, any others that you can recommend?

The one thing to remember with Agave attenuata is that it will grow a trunk - so while it may not get too big in circumference, it will get taller than its normal circumference might imply. And by trunk I do not mean the eventual flower stalk.

Another Agave that does that is Agave decipiens, which also would fall within the 18" or so category, but again grows a trunk.

Other smaller sized agaves in addition to those mentioned here already are: Agave filifera, multifilifera, victoriae reginae, nickelsiae, xDianita, xleopoldi, and quite a few more...