This is still a tentative positive. I am still throwing a freeze cloth on the plant. I don't believe the zone rating either. I am 8b , an...Read Mored it did get some damage on the leaves but bounced back readily this summer. Our lowest low was 24 and I had just planted it in October so it didn't really have a chance to get settled. I loved the flowers this spring.
Well, I am now adding to this entry . The plant was removed from the ground and put in a pot because it gets damaged in barely freezing, like 30F. I killed the mamma who was still in the ground in a freeze where it got to 13 degrees. I had removed a pup and that is what I still have , now 7 years later. It is a beautiful aloe.
interesting new hybrid hitting the 'normal' nursery shelves 2009. Hybrid of two species I never see in these nurseries.. not sure how th...Read Moreis one ended up being so popular... maybe the spectacular flowers (though not seem them yet myself). Both parents are Madagascan Aloes, neither which are known for their cold hardiness. Hardiness is listed on this page at 7b which if find extremely unlikely as neither parent plant can tolerate anything below 9b... maybe 9a... and hybrid vigor is not likely to span several entire USDA zones.
This is still a tentative positive. I am still throwing a freeze cloth on the plant. I don't believe the zone rating either. I am 8b , an...Read More
interesting new hybrid hitting the 'normal' nursery shelves 2009. Hybrid of two species I never see in these nurseries.. not sure how th...Read More