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| The leaves of the Aloe plants forms a rosette in different shapes and shades of green. The aloe plants give a nice display in the garden even if they are not in bloom. There are aloes in different shapes and sizes for every taste and for every part of the garden . | ||
| All aloes need very little water. Only the difficult aloes or very easy aloes are pointed out in the descriptions. Difficult aloes grow much easier in a container that can be taken out of the rain when needed. | ||
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| Aloe aculeata | Aloe aristata |
| Aloe aculeata | The thorns on the leaves have a thick base lighter in color. Plants are single. The raceme is long shading in color as can be seen on the photo. |
| Aloe asperifolia | The desert aloe which needs very little water, just a misting over once in a while.. The leaves of this aloe is rough to the touch. |
| Aloe aristata | A well known small aloe and a popular plant. Many people grow it in the garden or pot without realizing that it is an aloe. |
| Aloe comptonii | This is a very good garden aloe. Plant it on stones to keep the base dry. The thorns (or teeth) are short and blunt. Do not water more than the normal rainfall unless you are living in a desert area. |
| Aloe brevifolia | A small very hardy aloe. Well known as a pot plant. It forms offshoots readily. |
| Aloe broomii | This aloe is from the arid Karoo. Plant it on stones in the garden. The birds love the nectar. A.boomii is frost resistant if kept dry. |
| Aloe chabaudii | Another very good garden aloe. The pale blue-green plant makes a nice contrast in a normal green garden. It send out offshoot to form a solid border. |
| Aloe cryptopoda | This is a neat plant that does not mind winter rain and it can go without water in our hot summer even though it is a summer rainfall aloe. Aloe cryptopoda should make it in any garden. |
| Aloe falcata | This aloe needs a dry climate or it may be planted in a pot protected from rain. |
| Aloe gariepensis | From the very arid Northern Cape Province. In the summer sun the aloe plants turn dark red. It will withstand frost if kept dry. |
| Aloe gerstneri | A very nice garden aloe. It is not very sensitive to water. Young plants are thorny. Overall the plant remains neat without a lot of dead leaves. |
| Aloe glauca | A lovely blue aloe. It grows to a nice size. Very good for contrast in a green garden. |
| Aloe lineata | In front of Aloe glauca on the photo above. Closely related to A. glauca but it is a bright green aloe with dark thorns. Very easy in the garden. The raceme is large in relation to the plant. |
| Aloe hereroensis | This is a difficult aloe. It likes our dry summers but not our wet winters. It needs good drainage and add some dolomite stones or bone meal to keep the ground alkaline. |
| Aloe krapohliana | This aloe is from our region, dry summer wet winter. No water for this lovely but difficult little aloe in summer. It grows under bushes plant it in shade. This aloe does well in a container |
| Aloe lutescens | This aloe looks very much like Aloe cryptopoda but one easy difference is that it sends out offshoots. The long racemes with red flowers opening to bright yellow give an impressive display if a group of Aloe lutescens are in bloom. It is an easy garden aloe. |
| Aloe globuligemma | The raceme is horizontal with flowers that look like beads arranged from large to small. The pale blue-green rosette has a graceful shape due to the leaves curling in a "s" shape. This aloe does not need extra care in a garden. |
| Aloe melanacantha | Another winter rainfall aloe which is a challenge to grow in the garden, but it does well in a container where it can be kept out of summer rain. The long hooked black thorns makes this aloe something special. |
| Aloe mitriformis | This aloe is something different in the shape of the plant, thorns and flowers. Very special in the garden. |
| Aloe petricola | The rosette has thick blue-green leaves. This aloe gives a neat impression. Size about 50 cm. Very nice long densely flowered racemes. This aloe makes very nice hybrids. |
| Aloe rubroviolaceae | Large rosette ( 1,2 m. high) is pale blue-green. The flowers are also large for aloe flowers in bright pink to pale red. This aloe is from Malawi with a much higher rainfall than the Western Cape, but they grow in our very hot dry summers without the slightest sign of stress. |
| Aloe secundiflora | Medium sized rosette with shiny dark green thin leaves and black thorns. The flowers (photo above right) turn sideways as they open. This aloe si from Zimbawe and like Aloe rubroviolaceae is grows very well down here. |
| Aloe striata | This must be the best garden aloe species. The plant is very attractive, medium size and easy to grow. On the photo is a small plant. A large plant in bloom is something special. |
| Aloe vanbalenii | This aloe is larger than the photo shows. The rosette forms offshoots to form a clump of plants which can make a good focus point in the garden with enough space. Each rosette is about 150 cm in diameter. The leaves are yellow-green with a reddish edge and in full summer sun the leaves will shade to a wine red hue. |
| Aloe congolensis | There seems to be some confusion regarding the name of this aloe. Also whether this is a species or hybrid. Fact is that it is a very easy and beautiful small aloe plant for the garden. The long stems lie on the ground and on top of each other. The glossy leaves become tinted in shades of yellow - red - wine red in full sun. |
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