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Re: More Aloes

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IanW wrote:Even I as an ardent Cactus fan do like the odd Aloe and these are all really nice.

I picked up an Aloe somaliensis at a garden centre the other day, as I say, not normally the sort of thing I go for but it caught my eye!
Somaliensis is a lovely Aloe. You don't usually see them at GC's.
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Mike, as Phil said great a. plicatilis. It's a shame the flowers are not more dramatic as that would top it off as my favourite aloe.
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Wow that's an incredible plicatilis.

I suspect if it is living outdoors then that definitely has something to do with it. Aloes have an incredible range of habitat in the genus, some of them like absolutely blazing sun all day every day through the summer, and I believe A. plicatilis certainly doesn't mind alot of sun. I kept many of my aloes outdoors over the summer and they grew like crazy.

Keep sharing! :grin:
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Yes please keep the pics coming.

Also what about peoples input for creating a list of the Aloes ot at least the popular ones stating full sun, or part shade etc for their preferred location for novices like me?

It would be great having such info to hand so i can keep them to their full potential?
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Still drooling over the photo of that A. dorotheae. :wink: The colouring is just fantastic!

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Most of the A. plicatilis over here in New Zealand look similar to that one, probably because our milder climate allows them to be grown outside in the ground. They seem to be pretty low maintenance garden plants.
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Christian, that was outside all summer too. Only just taken it back in.
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Aloe polyphylla just bought in from the garden-

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An impeccable A. polyphylla, Mike! (tu)

I had several A. erythrophylla out over summer, and they coloured up nicely too. But their 'red' was more a chocolate brown sort of colour, not that lovely bright red of your A. dorotheae. They are already reverting to their usual dark green.

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Nice A. polyphylla, Mike, definately getting a twist on. How big is it across.

Only brought my smaller ones in so far. The larger ones can wait until frost is forcast.
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