Garden Aloes

single head tree Aloes with orange flowers (9)

Are you looking to add some orange color to your waterwise garden? Here's a handy list of 9 single-head-tree Aloes that are good candidates.

Aloe thraskii

Aloe thraskii is wonderful feature plant that is tall and robust, with enormous olive green leaves that are recurved back to the trunk, sometimes even touching the skirt of old, dried leaves around the trunk. This unbranched tree-like Aloe grows to 10 feet with deeply concave (U-shaped in cross section) pale olive-green leaves that have small reddish-brown marginal teeth. Also known as the Dune Aloe this fast-growing, South African, un-branched succulent plant, develops a very large and beautiful rosette. read more

Aloe africana

Aloe africana is a handsome aloe native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa which adapts to a wide range of conditions. Although branching specimens are not unheard-of, Aloe africana is normally a single-stemmed plant, with a rosette of waxy, blue-green leaves with reddish spines along the edges reaching a height of up to 13 ft. (4 m). Aloe africana's striking yellow flowers attract bees and hummingbirds from all around. read more

Aloe alooides

Aloe alooides, also known as graskop aloe, is a single-stemmed tree aloe from coastal South Africa. Making quite a specimen in any garden and reaching 6-8 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide, the green-blue, limpid looking leaves fall gracefully downward. read more

Aloe excelsa

Aloe excelsa is a single stemmed tree-like aloe, occurring on granite outcrops, or on steep rocky slopes, which can grow to 10-20 feet (2 - 6 m) tall. Also known as the Zimbabwe Aloe it has a solitary large rosette of succulent dull green leaves with red-brown sharp teeth on leaf margins and undersides. read more

Aloe helenae

Aloe helenae is smallish tree aloe from Southern Madagascar which is typically non-branching, and grows to 13 feet tall with recurving green leaves. Also known as the Vahondrandra, it still quite rare in cultivation, frequently sought after by collectors and on the IUCN Red list as an endangered. read more

Aloe khamiesensis

Native to the Northern Cape of South Africa, Aloe khamiesensis will slowly reach a height of 3 m (10 feet) and are usually single-stemmed with only one rosette. The long and relatively narrow, pale green leaves curve upwards from the base and outward at their tips giving this Aloe a graceful appearance. read more

Aloe marlothii

Aloe marlothii, native to South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, and Mozambique, is one of the larger and more impressive Aloes. It is single-stemmed, and can grow up to a tree-like 15 feet tall. This striking species of aloe has an especially large robust head of stiff, grey-green leaves. The mountain aloe is without doubt one of southern Africa's most rewarding aloes to grow and adds an interesting slant to aloe culture. read more

Aloe sabaea

Aloe sabaea is a solitary tree aloe from Yemen, where it grows up to about 12 feet tall. This graceful looking aloe has a solitary trunk topped with a side-facing rosette of long pale green leaves that drape toward the ground. read more

Aloe vaombe

Aloe vaombe, the 'Malagasy Tree Aloe' is one of the most beautiful large tree aloes, making a stunning centerpiece specimen for a garden. It is a large unbranched tree aloe to 12 feet tall or more with large solitary rosettes up to 5 feet across of recurved, pale green leaves that have whitish teeth. Mature plants produce spectacular orange-red flowers in the winter. read more

Aloes organized by flower color