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GROWING ALOES IN WARM CLIMATES Brought to you by subTropical Gardening – www.stgmagazine.com.au & Cactus and Succulent Society of Qld – http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~cssq/ Climate: DT - Dry Topics | WT - Wet Tropics | S - Subtropics | A - Arid | W - Warm Temperature Climate Name Aloe aculeata DT WT • S A W Size / Form • • • 50–75cm, single rosette Flower Season Flower Colour June/July Orange to red hot poker Leaf colour Green or Greyish – strong thorns all over Aloe acutissima • • • • • 0.5m, shrubby plant June/July Pink to red Grey to pink recurved Aloe adigratana • • • • • 50-75cm, clumping rosettes June/July Pink to orange Green with white spotting Aloe albiflora • • • • Small, plant filler April White Green and white spotted Aloe alooides • • • • Single stemmed, tall to 3m, longest June/July Magnificent long yellow Long recurved bright spikes about 60cm long green leaves • recurving leaves halfway to ground Aloe • • • • • • • • • • 0.5m, shrubby plant June/July Orange Lime green spotted • • 2-3m, shrubby plant June/July Red or yellow stalks Yellowish green • • 25cm, plant filler May Orange Dark green with andongensis Aloe arborescens Aloe aristata pronounced white tubercles Aloe • • • • • • • • 50-80cm, solitary rosette June/July Red • Tree to 10m May/June Salmon pink austroarabica Aloe barberae Grey-green with faint white spotting Olive green with pink margins Aloe bellatula • Aloe brevifolia • Aloe bussei • Aloe cameronii • Aoe canarina • • • • • • Grass-like, plant filler All year round Pinkish Grass-like, white spots • • • 30cm, mat forming rosette October Orange to pink Green very dense leaves • • • 50cm rosette, will form clumps June/July Pinkish Red in winter • • • 0.5m, shrubby plant June/July Scarlet Red in winter • • • 50-75cm, single rosette June/July Orange to yellow Grey leaves with reddish tinge in summer Aloe capitata • • • • 50-75cm, single rosette June/July Spectacular yellow ball Grey Aloe cryptopoda • • • • • 50-75cm, single rosette June/July Yellow to red Dark green Aloe chabaudii • • • • • 50cm rosette, will form clumps June/July Pink to red, quite lax Greyish, some indistinct spotting Aloe cooperi • • • Aloe • • • • • Grass-like rosettes, clumping June/July Orange Green with white spotting • 15cm rosette, forms clumps Sporadic Pink Blue-grey or spotted Pink Dark green with white deltoideodonta Aloe deserti through year • • • • • 20cm rosette, forms clumps Sporadic through year Aloe dichotoma spotting • • 8m, single stem June/July Yellow Grey glaucous Aloe dorotheae • • • • • 50cm rosette, will form clumps May/June Pink Red in winter Aloe elgonica • • • • • 10-15cm rosette, forms clumps June/July Orange Glossy green with white spotting Aloe esculenta • • • • 50-75cm, single rosette June/July White to pink Grey spotted Aloe excelsa • • • • 4m, single stem June/July Orange Green leaves Aloe ferox • • • • 4m, single stem Grey with red edge • Aloe fragilis • • • • • 10cm, spotted rosette that form Aloe hardyi • • • • • 50cm heads forming clumps, Early winter Pink, Orange, red, yellow – June/July or white candelabra July Insignificant pink flowers May/June Long pink dense flower clumps, ideal filler Spotty green and white leaves similar to Aloe arborescens but Very soft light green leaves without stems Aloe hemmingii • • • • • Small single rosette 30-50cm April/May Insignificant pink lax White spotted shiny flowers leaves against olive green background Climate Name Aloe hemmingii DT WT • • S A W Size / Form Flower Season Flower Colour Leaf colour • • • Small single rosette 30-50cm April/May Insignificant pink lax White spotted shiny flowers leaves against olive green background Aloe ibitiensis • • • • • 50cm rosette, will form clumps March/April Pink with whitish bracts Lime green Aloe jucunda • • • • • 10-20cm plant filler June/July Pinkish Olive green with white Aloe juvenna • • • • Plant filler June/July Pinkish Yellowish green, small Aloe • • • • • 2-3m, shrubby plant April/May Red stalks Dry green • • • • • 50-75cm single rosette, April/May spots stalks kedongensis Aloe macroclada Aloe maculata 1m long yellow to brown Light green leaves with single spike soft yellowish thorns June/July Salmon pink Green spotted Early winter Orange to red Grey with marked black Horizontal 45cm Olive green pale yellow margins • • • • • 50cm rosette – may form clumps. Weed-like in some districts Aloe marlothii • • • Aloe mawii • • • • • 4m, single stem • 2-3m, shrubby plant – June/July June/July thorns red stalks Aloe munchii • • • • • Tall to 3m, single stem, can shrub July/August up, ideal feature plant Aloe mzimbana • • • • • 75-100cm, rosette that can offset July with age Aloe ortholopha • • • Aloe parvula • • Aloe peglerae • • • Salmon pink half capitate Dark green leaves • Single headed, 50-75cm with thick July • 10cm, rosette will form bunches Dec/Jan Bright red flowers on Pinky white Purple with white margins • 30-50cm, single stem rosette July Reddish dense 50cm Deep grey, leaves close flower stalk up in winter Grey Aloe petricola • • • • • 50-75cm, single rosette June/July White/red or yellow red Aloe pluridens • • • • • Single stemmed, tall to 3m with July Reddish pink stalk picturesque recurving leaves • 50-75cm, single rosette Grey with white margins horizontal flower stalk very thorny Aloe polyphylla Thin leaved grey greenish flowers grey leaves • Large pagoda-like orange flower Olive green leaves, with big white teeth September/ Pinkish October Leaves arranged in spiral rows, bright green Aloe reitzii • • • • • 50-75cm, single rosette February White to red hot poker Aloe sinkatana • • • • • 50cm rosette, will form clumps June/July Orange to pink Greyish, with white thorns Greyish green with pinkish spots Aloe speciosa Aloe striata • • • • • • • • • Single stemmed usually, but can Beautiful pink and white Greenish pink leaves with clump as a shrub to 2m, wide with very thick green red margin rosette, soft margins flower stalk 50-75cm, single rosette July June/July Orange to pinkish Pale green leaves with pink margins, no thorns Aloe tauri • Aloe thraskii • Aloe vanbalenii • • • • 1m, single rosette June/July Yellow to white Red in winter • • • • 4m, single stem May/June Golden yellow Recurved green leaves • • • • 75cm rosette, will form clumps June/July Yellow to pink Light green tending to red in winter sun Aloe vaombe • • • • 50-100cm rosette, arborescent to June/July Red Deep red in strong light June/July Yellow Grey 3m Aloe vacillans • • • • • 50cm rosette, clumping Aloe wickensii • • • Aloe • • • • 50-75cm, single rosette June/July Yellow to red Dark Green • • 1m, clumping June/July Red or yellow stalks Yellowish green • • • 50-75cm, multi headed shrub with April/May Bright red with yellow Lime green leaves with edges in mini-pyramid red tinge in sun xspinosissima Aloe yavellana • • soft margins rosette shape Aloe zebrina • • • • • 70cm rosette, forms clump June/July Pink Olive green, white spots
