Cactus and Succulents - Part Sun

Albuca nelsonii

Family: Hyacinthaceae

Large evergreen Albuca with deep green fleshy leaves. Forms mounds up to 5 feet wide and 3 feet tall. tall bloom stalks with tubular striped white blooms.

Habitat:
Found throughout Southern Africa growing in open grasslands

Cultivation:
Plants do best in a well draining mostly in organic mix, amended with horticultural pumice. Can be watered every other week throughout the year. Plants do well outside in pots, or in a succulent/drought tolerant landscape.

Alluaudia adscendens

Family: Didiereaceae

This is the tallest species of Didiereaceae reaching 50 feet in habitat, however it is a very slow growing species that rarely exceeds 15 feet in cultivation under ideal conditions. Plants are densely spined, with beautiful dark green vertical leaves which line the stems during the growing season.

Habitat:
Found in the Mandrare River Basin of Southern Madagascar

Cultivation:
This is a relatively easy to grow species if protected from winter rain and frost. Very well established plants can survive light frost. Plants are best kept in a greenhouse or indoors in a bright south facing window. These plants enjoy a well draining media with very light organics and heavily amended with pumice. Should be watered once every other week during the summer and left dry in winter.

Alluaudia humbertii

Family: Didiereaceae

In habitat this plant grows to be a small shrub/tree of dense, intertangled spiny branches up to 15 feet tall. This species has very thin stems in comparison with other members of the genus, leaves are green, round, and drought deciduous.

Habitat:
Found in the western highlands of Southern Madagascar.

Cultivation:
This is a relatively easy to grow species if protected from winter rain and frost. Established plants can survive light frost. Plants are best kept in a greenhouse, under a balcony, or indoors in a bright south facing window. These plants enjoy a well draining media with very light organics and heavily amended with pumice. Should be watered once every other week during the summer and left dry in winter.

Alluaudia procera

Family: Didiereaceae

In habitat this plant grows to be a large succulent tree upwards of 35 feet, however in cultivation it tends to stay below 20 feet. Plants are highly spined, with beautiful dark green, drought-deciduous, vertical leaves.

Habitat:
Found throughout Southern Madagascar

Cultivation:
This is a relatively easy to grow species. Well established plants can survive outdoors in the bay if planted in extremely well draining inorganic media. Small plants are best kept in a greenhouse or indoors in a bright south facing window. Should always be planted in a well draining media with very light organics, heavily amended with pumice. Should be watered once every other week during the summer and left dry in winter.

Aloe “California”

Lightly spotted blue-green leaves develop on sprawling stems that form dense clumps of upright, toothy rosettes. Tubular orange blooms attract hummingbirds in Winter and Spring.

Aloe “Cynthia Giddy”

A small clumping aloe with clusters of medium rosettes with recurved leaves. Blooms in Fall/Winter on large branching stalks of orange tubular flowers.

Aloe “Minnie Belle”

Hybrid

Small, apple-green rosettes. Will form decent clusters. Vigorous marginal teeth. Moderately spotted. Prefers less than full sun even at the coast.

Aloe “Pepe”

Dwarf hybrid with 2″ rosettes and toothy leaves that will turn bright red in full sun. Slow clumping, many blooms

Aloe “Safari Orange”

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Mid size clustering aloe, thick toothy leaves. Striking bloom stalks rise above from summer thru winter with orange-red flowers.

Aloe “Safari Rose”

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Striking bloom stalks rise above from summer thru winter with coral-rose flowers that fade to a pale yellow.

Aloe “Safari Sunrise”

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Grassy aloe forms healthy clumps. Striking bloom stalks rise above from summer thru winter with orange-red flowers that fade to yellow.

Aloe “Safari Sunset”

Grassy aloe forms healthy clumps. Striking bloom stalks rise above from summer thru winter with orange flowers.

Aloe “Topaz”

A tall thin-leafed dark green grassy aloe. 18″ clumps with 2 to 3 ft. bloom stalks, orange flowers in summer and winter.

Aloe “Walmsley’s Blue”

A chalky blue compact vertical rosette, tightly clumping. Bright orange flowers in late winter through spring. Narrow leaves turn darker in full sun.

Aloe “White Fox”

A. rauhii “White Fox”

Small spotted aloe with stemless rosettes, green-spotted white leaves with pink edges in full sun, to 6″ across.

 

 

Aloe “Wrasse”

Miniature aloe with striking markings. Part of the Fish series of Aloe hybrids.

Aloe aculeata

Large solitary rosettes, very spiny leaves. Tall spikes of orange flowers.

Aloe acutissima

3-4 feet fast growing succulent shrub with numerous blue-green leaves. Orange-red blooms in winter.

Aloe arborescens “Variegata”

Densely growing succulent with many 18” rosettes. Narrow recurved soft toothed leaves are pale green with stripes of yellow and cream.

Aloe aristata

Aristaloe aristata

Stemless rosettes to 6″ across; Bright orange/peach flowers on 2ft bloomstalk.

Aloe barbadensis

Commonly grown for its thick gel-filled leaves, leaves can be trimmed to use as Aloe vera. Not frost-hardy, we recommend groing them indoor.

(For outdoor, we recommend Aloe arborescens, also grown commercially for it’s gel.)