18″ rosettes, salmon flowers. Thick leaves.
Cactus and Succulents - Full Sun
Aloe dichotoma
Namaqualand, South Africa. Stunning tree aloe with caudex trunk, multi-branched to 25ft in habitat. Yellow blooms. Smooth trunked. While cold-hardy, we have had more success growing this indoor in the San Francisco Bay Area, from seedlings to larger specimens.
Aloe distans
Scrambling Aloe with thick green leaves lined with yellow teeth. Each stem can reach over 3ft long with a 5in wide rosette at the end. Coral-pink flowers in late summer through fall.
Aloe dorotheae
Rosettes clumping to 20″, marginal spines; Red in sun. Protect from heavy frost.
Aloe ferox
Single large toothy rosette on tall stalk, outdoor up to 8ft.
Aloe gariepensis
Stemless rosettes to 3ft. Yellow/orange blooms.
Aloe glauca
Small blue clumping fan aloe
Aloe glauca “Namaqualand”
Grows a small trunk, 2-3ft tall. Lots of rosettes along the base. Bluish leaves, orange marginal teeth. 18″ tall bloom stalks with salmon-orange flowers.
Aloe harlana
Ethiopia. Makes a great houseplant with pink flowers, up to 7″ in diameter. Red in sun, green in shade. Juvenile spots remain in adult plants, indicating this may be a hybrid. Rosettes to 12″, toothy leaves.
Aloe hereroensis
Stemless solitary rosette to 20″ across; orange blooms; S. Africa
Aloe humilis
Small stemless warty aloe; dense clusters, summer blooms
Aloe humilis hybrid
Small, thick-leaved stemless aloe; dense clusters
Aloe immaculata
Large toothy aloe on short stem with multi-branched bloom stalks.
Aloe kedongensis
Upright growing with multiple stems, sometimes laying over prostrate with new stems appearing and growing up.
Aloe krapohliana
Medium stemless rosette, red trimmed in full sun
Aloe lineata v. lineata
6′ tall tree aloe, multiple compact rosettes, late winter bloomer
Aloe lineata v. muirii
Tight clumps of 1ft. rosettes, eventually forming a trunk.
Aloe longistyla
Solitary stemless aloe to 10″. Prefers full sun, little water
Aloe maculata
A. saponaria
Agressive low pupper, shade tolerant, brown edge teeth, red in full sun
Aloe maculata “Jack O Lantern”
Clustering species with showy marginal teeth and highly spotted thick recurved leaves. Orange blooms in the fall. Excellent shade tolerant Aloe for under Oaks.
Aloe marlothii
Single very toothy rosette on trunk to10ft.; blue/green
Aloe melanacantha
Very toothy, solitary, stemless green aloe; red blooms
Aloe mudenensis
Clump-forming large rosettes, red in full sun, thick juicy leaves
Aloe mudenensis hybrid
Clump-forming large rosettes, red in full sun, thick juicy leaves
Aloe nobilis
South African – Probably a garden hybrid
Stemless rosettes to 12″ across, many pups; can form larger mounds.
Aloe nobilis “Variegata”
Stemless rosettes to 12″ across, strongly variegated leaves, many pups; can form larger mounds.
Aloe peglerae
18″ across. Cold hardy w/very fast draining soil. Open in Shade, closed rosette in full sun. Stemless, spiny.
Aloe perfoliata
A. mitriformis
Blue rosettes glow bright pink in full sun. A creeping aloe, it sends out long creeping stems over rocky areas, with large solitary rosettes at the ends.
Aloe petricola
Medium stemless aloe with 2 ft. rosette. Will grow moderately spiny. From rocky, open grasslands of Northern South Africa. Blooms on very tall racemes start off orange and open to yellow.
Aloe plicatilis
12ft in habitat (5ft. in Bay Area) large thick trunk, broad canopy