Hardy Aloes in the UK garden

[Herts Mike]

My smaller one (12” across) survived fine.

I’m contemplating planting out the bigger one but unsure. Don’t want to lose it.

[edds]

My smaller one (12” across) survived fine.

I’m contemplating planting out the bigger one but unsure. Don’t want to lose it.

All three of mine were planted out. I thought, at the size they were, they'd be better off in the ground. Very wrong there!

The big one is definitely enjoying the free root run! I've got a nice fat flower stem forming already.

[Mike_K]

I think you got off lightly! Aloes were particualrly badly here over this side of the country. What was your low temperature, do you know?

I think the lowest was -3 deg C. Shouldn’t have been the problem for many Aloes… if not the exceptional rainfall in Autumn and winter. Even with the cover the soil was soaking wet.

[Paul in Essex]

-3C! I'd be pleased to take that on a normal winter!

[Herts Mike]

I thought I’d lost my big Aloe striatula but there is a new shoot coming through from underground.

[Paul in Essex]

It does that. I probably said before - top growth damaged around -6C but sprouts from the wood. If there's no wood it generally comes back from underground. Documented to return after -18C.

[Herts Mike]

Good to hear. I thought it was history.

[ralphrmartin]

Last winter killed many succulents which had survived outdoors in previous winters, and although our Aloe striatulas looked dead too, they are now resprouting from the roots.

[Phil_SK]

I got round to cutting my plant down this week, principally to make it easier to cut the hedge.

[edds]

Good to see it coming back! Will be interesting to see how big it gets by the autumn.