Good desert Aloe! It handles the sun, heat and frost just fine. The plant's flowers and overall shape seem reminiscent of Aloe littoral...Read Moreis, which might explain why it tolerates similar conditions just as well.
Mission Viejo, CA (Zone 10a) | December 2006 | positive
This is an eye-catching plant. Its pale green leaves have a hazy blue coating that covers some of the surface. The upper surface sp...Read Moreots or splotches are generally solid, while the lower ones look like tiny eyes. The marginal teeth are a rusty-red color. This plant has doubled in volume since being planted in July. It is in the process of putting up two amazing bloom stalks.
Small to medium sized stemless rosettes of pale green to deep blue-green, speckled leaves and small, stiff teeth along margins. Leaves ...Read Moreare relatively straight and slightly fluted. Flowers branching and a deep pink-red-rose in late spring. Angolan native. Reportedly very frost tender yet surviving well in Pasadena California where a bit of frost is not uncommon every winter.
Now that we've had a 'true test' freeze in southern California, I can happily report that this plant is actually not frost tender- one of the hardier aloes it seems. No damage to my seedlings at 27F, and the mature plants at the Huntington gardens were unaffected by the freeze, even though many Aeoniums and Euphorbias will 'melting' all around them. They only got down to around 30F in the area this plant is growing in there.
Good desert Aloe! It handles the sun, heat and frost just fine. The plant's flowers and overall shape seem reminiscent of Aloe littoral...Read More
This is an eye-catching plant. Its pale green leaves have a hazy blue coating that covers some of the surface. The upper surface sp...Read More
Small to medium sized stemless rosettes of pale green to deep blue-green, speckled leaves and small, stiff teeth along margins. Leaves ...Read More