Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy'
Category: Red Aloes
USDA Hardiness Zones: 9a-10b
Overview
Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy' is an attractive, clumping, spotted aloe hybrid which undergoes dramatic color changes in response to sun, drought or cold stress. This Aloe is medium-sized and forma numerous rosettes to 2 feet tall with dark green white-spotted leaves that have bronze to deep maroon depending upon conditions. 'Cynthia Giddy' also flowers much of the year, from summer to winter and it is a good, relatively hardy landscape plant.Description
Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy' has a bright green base color, but will flush a rusty red when moderately stressed by full sun, drought, or cool temperatures around 50F. Prolific offsets appear around its base and after about two years it can reach 3.0' by 3.0'. It stays relatively low and clumps to form rosettes. This cultivar has leaves that are slightly shiny, dark green with white-spots and lined with gentle teeth. Leaves are stiff, pointed, dark green with white specks that may turn reddish in the fall.
Flowering
'Cynthia Giddy' can bloom repeatedly through the seasons with branched inflorescences of bright, red-orange flowers but peaks in the summer. Starting as early as late winter, you will begin to see branched, vibrant orange-red flowers emerge. Flowers rise well above the foliage.Origin / History
This is a hybrid species created in Cynthia Giddy's honor at Rancho Soledad Nursery, very similar but a bit bigger than Cynthia's own creation, Aloe 'Rooikappie', a wonderful, small, suckering species with ornate red-orange flowers year round.
Care / Cultivation
Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy' tolerates full to part sun with well draining soil. Water occasionally to very little. It is drought tolerant once it's established.Frost Tenderness
This plant has proven hardy to 25 F in our garden without damage.Use in the Garden
So it is an excellent complement to the more common winter-flowering aloes in a succulent garden, if your goal is to attract hummingbirds year round.Learn More
The information on this page about Aloe 'Cynthia Giddy' has been gathered and summarized from the sources below. Visit these pages to learn more.
- https://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3484
- https://garden.org/plants/view/712161/Aloe-Cynthia-Giddy/
- http://www.venturacountygardening.com/eplant.php?plantnum=24614&return=c_aE
- https://www.ranchotissue.com/product/aloe-hybrid-cynthia-giddy/
- https://www.agaveville.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=894
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