A. massawana grows well in Ft Lauderdale, FL’s subtropical/tropical 10b climate, forming clumps/mats. It is always sold under the fals...Read Moree name “Aloe Vera” here, along with actual Aloe vera, and is used identically as Aloe vera. However, it has a more widely spread open rosette of light green to olive green leaves, and has soft orange flower buds opening to flowers tipped in soft yellow. Also, A. massawana’s older leaves become the color of cafe au lair in cooler and drier weather. By contrast, Aloe Vera had slightly more upright pointing rosettes of blue-green leaves and bright yellow flowers, and is the more ornamental of the two “edible” species, while A. maculata is an even more ornamental (non-edible) species in both leaf and flower for forming borders and mats here.
A. massawana grows well in Ft Lauderdale, FL’s subtropical/tropical 10b climate, forming clumps/mats. It is always sold under the fals...Read More
Suckering, 'crawling' aloe with rosettes about 2' across and green. Leaves have mild spines along the edges. Tanzanian native.