Aloe arborescens

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early winter, mid winter, late winter
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Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, orange, yellow, pink
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Read about Aloe arborescens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aloe arborescens, Mill. (A. perfoliata arborescens, Ait. A. arbórea, Medikus. À.fruticosa, Lam.? Catevàla arboréscens, Medikus. A. arboréscens Mitten, Berger). Trunk simple, finally 10-15 ft. high, clothed at top with the withering lvs.: lvs. sinuately spreading, gradually narrowed, dull green, 2 x 24 in., the répand margin with rather long cartilaginous white prickles: infl. elongated; fls. about 1½ in. long, red, with distinct segms. Cape(?). B.M. 1306. Bot. Repos. 468. Berger 115.—Varies into numerous forms: green-lvd., with shorter trunk and long lvs., var. Ùcriae Berger (A. Ucriae, Terr.), Salm, Aloe §26, f. 3. G.W. 10, p. 13. Berger 116, 117; or shorter lvs., var. viridifolia, Berger. —Berger f. 117; or glaucous or blue-lvd., with branched infl., var. natalensis, Berger (A. natalensis, Wood & Evans), Berger 115; or simple infl. with normal fls., var. frutéscens, Link. (A. frutescens, Salm-Dyck), Berger 120; or fls. 2 in. long, var. pachythyrsa, Berger. Berger 118, 119.


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