Botanical Name: Aloe arborescens
Common Name: Tree aloe
Type of Plant: monocot: succulent
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape spiny, gray green succulent leaves, rosette pattern – forms upright, dense, irregular clum p
Height 4-8'
Spread 3-6'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun
Soil any well-drained soil, avoid wet clay
Hardiness some frost (zones 8, 9-12-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves blue/gray green, spiny, succulent, banded with contrasting colors – leaves 12-24" long, lanceolate
Flowers showy racemes or orange red flowers – flowers are 1-1/2" long, spikes to 3' tall
Fruit fleshy capsule
 
Propagation:
softwood cuttings, division of clump(air dry before planting)
 
Usage:
med/large accent, mass plantings for dry areas, hillsides, containers, barrier, along with other cacti/succulents
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional – keep on the dry side
Fertilizing very little required
Pruning as needed, remove offsets, etc.
Pests/Diseases relatively free; stem rot in wet clay
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Madagascar
Family: Liliaceae

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