This is one of the few Tree Aloes which will grow in Ft Lauderdale’s subtropical/tropical 10b climate. That said, it does not grow wel...Read Morel/robustly here compared to A. excelsa, A. thraskii and A. vaombe, having neither the size nor ornamental appeal in the garden of any of those three. Anecdotally, unlike A. thraskii, it blooms readily at a young age, with small bicolor Orange-yellow inflorescence, and is self fertile, and it’s seeds readily germinate. I suspect it is being “dwarfed” in our environment - like many other Aloe and succulent sepcies, because of our nematode/microbial rich “witch’s brew of plant pathogens” sand which we somehow refer to as “soil”. Apparently, A.thraskii, A. excelsa and A. vaombe are somehow immune to our microbes, a collection of pathogens from around the world introduced here thru a century of cultivation of both agricultural and ornamental species from every continent, in what is an endless growing season here. The only reason I can see for cultivating this species here, is if someone had an interest in hybridizing with it.
This is one of the few Tree Aloes which will grow in Ft Lauderdale’s subtropical/tropical 10b climate. That said, it does not grow wel...Read More