Aloe polyphylla at Kew

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Herts Mike
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Aloe polyphylla at Kew

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Took these a couple of weeks ago -
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and do these beautiful specimens produce seeds ?
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Interesting to see these beautiful plants Mike, thanks for posting.
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Do you know if they are permanently bedded out ?,
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I don't Tina but I haven't noticed them in the rock garden before.

They certainly looked bedded out.
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Re: Aloe polyphylla at Kew

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Nice to see them flowering!

Here is one of them photographed in late afternoon sunshine in Sep 2016.

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Aloe polyphylla in Kew rockery.
Aloe polyphylla in Kew rockery.
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