Garden Aloes

Large Clumping Aloes

A group of larger sized Aloes that spread by creating offsets (suckers)

Aloe castanea

Aloe castanea, also known as Cat's Tail Aloe, is a branching tree Aloe from South Africa which may grow upright to 8-12 feet tall or as a shrubby collection of headswith clusters of small, dark, orange-brown flowers. Read more about Aloe castanea

Aloe 'David Verity'

Aloe 'David Verity' is a robust, hybrid created by botanist and botanical garden manager David Verity. It is a clumping plant to 6 feet tall and as wide or wider with 12 to 18 inch wide rosettes of bold silver-blue slightly-recurving leaves that blush reddish near the tips. Read more about Aloe 'David Verity'

Aloe dawei

Aloe dawei (Dawe’s Aloe) from Uganda has clumping, upright clusters of elongated succulent stems that elongate to 3-4+ feet tall and green, fleshy leaves form rosettes about 2 feet across with closely-spaced reddish-brown serrated teeth along the margins. Read more about Aloe dawei

Aloe kedongensis

Aloe kedongensis is a medium-large sized, Kenyan aloe with bright green, narrow, toothy, somewhat recurved leaves and multiple tall, thin stems. The Kenyan Aloe is a suckering, spreading shrub up to about six feet tall that is often used in gardens as a low barrier or hedge plant. Read more about Aloe kedongensis

Aloe munchii

Aloe munchii is a moderately fast growing small and slender tree aloe that grows upwards to 15 feet tall with a crown of dull gray green leaves. It is an easy to cultivate plant with sparsely branched inflorescences holding spectacular orange or red flowers. Read more about Aloe munchii

Aloe mutabilis

A beautiful, medium size, shrubby aloe with bi-color blooms and a trailing stem up to 1 meter long with offshoots. This aloe typically grows 3 to 4 feet tall and topped by 18 to 24 inch wide rosettes of narrow soft-toothed blue-green leaves. A hanging or cliff-dwelling aloe; the plants often grow precariously suspended over steep kloofs in strikingly inaccessible spots. Read more about Aloe mutabilis

Aloe arborescens

Prized for its colorful flowers and attractive foliage, Aloe arborescens is a very common, large clumping aloe with branching stems holding many decorative rosettes. It’s an easy growing and very adaptable aloe from the south eastern part of Southern Africa which will eventually grow to 6 feet high & wide or larger. Read more about Aloe arborescens

Aloe rivierei

Aloe rivierei is from Yemen and Saudi Arabia, where it grows primarily on rocky cliffs and slopes at intermediate elevations, this shrubby Aloe prolifically offsets to form relatively large clumps. This Saudi Arabian peninsula native is a shrubby, branching aloe with stems up to about 5 feet. Read more about Aloe rivierei

Aloe rupestris

Aloe rupestris is a robust fast growing mostly single stemmed tree aloe with very showy flowers. The Aloe species that in fact carries the moniker, Bottlebrush Aloe, is quite spectacular but is nowhere near as popular a garden plant as it should be, given its ease of growing. Gradually matures into a sturdy trunked tree aloe, topped by a spiraling rosette that produces Candelabra-like 4 foot stalks covered in a bright yellow-to-gold-to-red conical racemes in Winter. Read more about Aloe rupestris

Aloe suzannae

Aloe suzannae is a slow growing tree aloe to 8 to 12 feet that stays solitary or has few branches near the base with age. It is a relatively rare species that has recently become much more available in cultivation. This species from the dense scrubland of southern Madagascar and produces a large, usually solitary trunk to 4 meters tall. Read more about Aloe suzannae

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