Aloe camperi succulent plant from Ethiopia Africa

Aloe camperi plants have a short stem. The leaves of Aloe camperi are dark green with a few faint flecks on the underside of the leaf near the stem. The rosettes of Aloe camperi are more open in shade.

Aloe camperi plants flower in early summer. The racemes are capitated and densely flowered. The color of the flowers is in soft shades starting with a pinkish tint to orange and opening yellow.

Aloe camperi is a popular and easy growing garden aloe.

These aloe plants make offshoots freely. If this aloe is planted in rich soil and given more than enough water, it will send out many offshoots making a dense mat of plants which does not have a pleasing affect as the short stemmed plants of Aloe camperi are all the same height - unlike Aloe arborescens and other bush type aloes where the rosettes seem to be arrange by hand with short stems in front to longer stems at the back.

Removing the offshoots will give strong plants with a large inflorescence as in the photo below.

Aloe camperi is not endemic to South Africa. It escaped into the wild and is now well established in a few places all over the country. I saw a large group in a very dry part of Namaqualand., where there was hardly any other vegetation. This aloe blooms in summer when very few South African aloes are in bloom. As I see it - the chances of hybrids taking over at the cost of endemic aloes are small.

Aloes are succulent plants, also known as fatplants. Given the right conditions they can be grown as a houseplant or as a potplant in the garden or greenhouse.

Aloe camperi is from Ethiopia	order seeds click here
Aloe camperi is an easy growing aloe plant with lovely flowers for the water saving garden