Aloe arborescens - Torch Aloe

Aloe arborescens - Torch Aloe

Pot size: 1 gallon; 2 gallon

Easy large, densely growing, succulent shrub holding many pointed rosettes of green, yellow-green to blue-green depending on the amount of sunlight received. Showy coral-red flowers hang on the unbranched inflorescences that rise 2 feet above the foliage in late fall to early spring. This stunning, drought tolerant landscape plant can be grown into a robust and effective barrier locally without any supplementary irrigation and is cold hardy to about 22 degrees F. Deer and rodent resistant; about as effortless as they come! Salt spray tolerant.

Size:   to 6-10'h x 6-10'w
Light: Full sun to slight shade
Soil: Well-drained
Water: Low water requirement 
Bloom: orange-coral-red
Other notes: Hummingbird friendly!
Uses: natural barrier; fire resistant barrier, xeriscape landscape

(Photo Credit: N. Flechsig)