Garden Aloes

fall blooming Aloes with salmon flowers (6)

Are you looking to add some salmon color to your waterwise garden in the fall? Here's a handy list of 6 Aloes that are good candidates.

Aloe deltoideodonta

Flowers of Aloe deltoideodonta are also rather unique for a Madagascan aloe, being pale to deep salmon colored and blooming early in the 'aloe season' (mid fall to late fall). It occasionally is shy to bloom but every so often it can surprise you in late summer with a good show of short-branched or unbranched conical inflorescence with green-tipped pale orange flowers that open to near white and deflex downward. The flowers are held in a dense panicle and are orange-red. The inflorescences of Aloe deltoideodonta are often simple, but sometimes branched. read more

Aloe 'Goliath'

Mature Aloe 'Goliath' plants produce an inflorescence in late fall or winter that branches near the crown of leaves with many upright branches that rise 2 to 3 feet bearing salmon to orange flowers. Flowers are very similar to Aloe vaombe flowers but not quite as spectacular. read more

Aloe 'Hercules'

Once the plant is mature, beautiful green-tipped salmon flowers can appear in the spring and then re-bloom on and off through summer and fall. read more

Aloe longistyla

When in flower it is easily identified in In fall to winter by the short, thick, unbranched inflorescences and broad racemes that can have up to fifty flowers. This species has one of the largest inflorescences in terms of size of plant within the Aloaceae. The tubular flowers are deep orange to salmon red or coral-red and form on a conical raceme. An unmistakable characteristic of the flowers is that their top halves are curved upwards to expose the unusually long stamens. The flowers are followed by large gray fruit capsules. This aloe, when not in flower, may easily be confused with A. humilis and A. brevifolia which superficially look similar but their flowers do not posses the unusually long styles found on A. longistyla. read more

Aloe maculata

Aloe maculata is very variable but its distinctly flat-topped inflorescences and usually uniformly colored flowers distinguish it from most other spotted aloes occurring in the same area. Flowers are held in on a multi-branched inflorescence over a long period in summer. Flowers of A maculata 'saponaria' usually yellow, but color ranges widely from yellow and red to salmon-orange. Flowering can occur any time of year, but usually in mid-winter in southern California. This is a very pretty aloe when in flower, especially if one is not that attracted to the spiky form of most aloe flowers. Seeds are reputedly poisonous. read more

Aloe pluridens

Showy, branched inflorescences have up to 4 uniform-colored, cone-shaped racemes from each rosette. The flowers emerge from late fall to through winter, are un-curved, and a pink or dull scarlet color. Flowers are very similar to those of Aloe arborescens. Flowers usually dramatically rise about 2 feet above the head of the plant. read more

Aloes organized by flower color