Are you looking to add some yellow color to your waterwise garden in the summer? Here's a handy list of 6 Aloes that are good candidates.
Aloe hildebrandtii makes interesting branched conical yellow flowers tipped with a bit of green in the spring, summer and into fall. Mature plants have been seen in flower nearly every month of the year in California. The multicolored inflorescence is short and sparse. read more
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
In the summer the spectacular inflorescence branches near its base with each stem becoming a vertical spike rising well above the foliage. Young plants may produce only one raceme but older plants can produce multiple racemes, further enhancing a spectacular sight. It is unusual because of its downturned flowers and because it blooms in summer, while most other Aloes are winter blooming. This summer flowering habit makes it a useful subject for cold gardens where the flowers of other aloes often get frosted off in the cold winter months. Long dense racemes of flowers are a showy pinky-red opening to yellow. Curved flowers are long, narrow and tubular in shape, up to 50mm in length, dark red but gradually turning yellow in color. read more
When you see a photo of the inflorescence, you'll understand the name. The flowers at the tip of the flower stem are massed together in the shape of a hood. Mature plants seem to flower periodically all year round in mild climates but is especially prolific in the fall. Arizona and low desert locations will see this species stop blooming during the hottest summer months. Blooms lasts a long time-several weeks usually depending on your weather. Aloe 'Rooikappie' has an attractive flower spike that reaches 18 to 24 inches tall with many orange pendant bell shaped blooms near the top that later turn darker yellow. Flowers themselves are conical in shape and highly symmetrical while developing. read more
The brilliant yellow inflorescence rises above the foliage typically in late spring into summer but we often have stray flowering at other times of the year. The flowers are yellowish-orange and appear densely on up to 16 inches (40 cm) tall, un-branched, cone-shaped racemes. One of the few flowers that can flower in zone 9a, as the flowers seem as resistant to the cold as the entire plant. read more
Flowers on sparingly branched, very upright inflorescences are either yellow are red-orange. Flowering time of year varies a lot with some flowering in winter and other in summer or early fall. read more
