Aloe virens

Plant Characteristics

Habit		cacti-succulent
Height:	⇕	20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width:	⇔	20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 32 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 32.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		10 to 11
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

Asphodelaceae >

Aloe >

virens >

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Read about Aloe virens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aloe virens, Haw. Lvs. curved, spreading, triangular, about 1 x 8 in., somewhat mottled or also lined, not warty, with rather distant, coarse, white, marginal teeth: infl. about 2 ft. high; fls. 1½-2 in. long, red, the tube longer than the paler green-tipped sometimes very short segm. Cape. B.M. 1355. Salm. Aloe §15, f. 8. Berger 62, 63. Journ. et FI. des Jard. 1832, 20. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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