Aloe Species, Lace Aloe, Torch Plant

This aloe doesn't like the winter wet in Cornwall, UK. Only one has survived this winter out of five -- but it has been very wet.
...Read More In the drier parts of the UK it does quite well.

The surviving plant was leaning to one side -- so the rain was able to drain away, while the others rotted out.

one of my favorite succulents. i have mine on the SE side under my eaves against the wall. it needs afternoon protection from the sun her...Read Moree (8a)or it burns. it's in a newly formed bed and got the same amount of water as all my other moderate water need plants and seemed to thrive and reproduce well . i highly recommend to even
novice gardens.

Planted in full sun for more than half the day in Phoenix area caused some major sunburn to this plant (was an unusually long hot spell--...Read Moremore than 2 wks over 110 every day) but recovered well when temps dropped. Should probably provide a little more shade in a severe climate like ours.

This plant grew totally neglected overgrown in a massive clump of Euphorbia canariensis for 18 years. The only sun it got was the tiny b...Read Moreit that filtered through the branches of the overgrowth. It formed beautiful normal clumps while never receiving anything but rainwater for those 18 years. Perfect drainage and I have no idea whether it flowered during that period.

On the due north side of the euphorbia cananiensis clump I found a single plant head of this Aloe aristata that was etiolated to a 10" tall, yet still a lovely plant and it was in complete shade with no exposure to sun and shrouded entirely by the overgrowth so it was dark. I would have to cut several 3' branches of the euphorbia to remove the a. aristata growing here.

I bet this will make an excellent indoor aloe if not coddled with too much water.

bob
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