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Aloes 2011
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Aloe flowers glow like fires in a winter garden. Aloes also have fine form and immense variety and are extremely water-wise, low-maintenance plants. Try the scrambling and summer-flowering aloes such as Aloe tenuior or A. ciliaris as well as the more compact forms.
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Aloe africana
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Uitenhage Aloe
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2 m, single-stemmed aloe with orange-yellow flowers, long-flowering
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Aloe arborescens
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Krantz Aloe
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2m, sun/semi-shade. Good barrier plant. Orange flowers.
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Aloe arborescens 'Limelight'
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2m, sun/semi-shade. Good barrier plant. Uncommon yellow- flowering form.
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Aloe arborescens 'yellow'
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Yellow Krantz Aloe
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2m, sun/semi-shade. Good barrier plant. Uncommon yellow- flowering form.
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Aloe aristata
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Guinea-fowl Aloe
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Pretty dwarf rosette aloe with pink-orange flowers
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Aloe barberiae
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Tree Aloe
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Grand tall tree, sunny areas, pink-orange flowers
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Aloe boylei
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Broad-leaved Grass Aloe
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1m, sun; orange flowers; unusual flat leaves, held erect.
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Aloe branddraaiensis
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Branddraai Aloe
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Clumping habit with tall much-branched coral-red inflorescences
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Aloe burgersfortensis
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Burgersfort Aloe
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Solitary plant, pinkish-red elongated inflorescence
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Aloe candelabrum
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Candelabra Aloe
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Large, striking single-stemmed aloe, bright orange flowers
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Aloe chabaudii
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Chabaud's Aloe
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80cm, sun, profuse orange-red flowers, sunbirds.
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Aloe ciliaris
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Fringed Aloe
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Scrambling aloe with red flowers
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Aloe cooperi
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Cooper's Aloe
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1m, sun, fan of V-shaped leaves, orange flowers in summer
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Aloe cryptopoda
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Spire Aloe
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1m, dry sun, forms clumps of grey leaves; red and yellow flowers
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Aloe dyeri
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Dyer's Aloe
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Solitary aloe for shade with tall red inflorescence. From Mpumalanga
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Aloe ferox
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Bitter Aloe
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Large, striking single-stemmed aloe, bright orange flowers
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Aloe fosteri
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Foster's Aloe
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Handsome, spotted stemless aloe 1m tall with bright yellow to red flowers.
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Aloe globuligemma
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Button Aloe
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1m, stemless, grey-green recurved leaves, red horizontally branched inflorescence
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Aloe greatheadii
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Transvaal Aloe
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Small aloe with handsome branched inflorescence of pink to red flowers
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Aloe greenii
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Green's Aloe
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Spreading low-growing aloe for semi-shade with tall pinkish flowers.
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Aloe maculata
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Common Soap Aloe
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1m, sun, spreading, bright orange, yellow or red flowers. Birds.
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Aloe marlothii
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Mountain Aloe
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3m single stem. Beautiful branched flowerhead of horizontal racemes.
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Aloe mfolosiensis
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Mfolozi Aloe
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Robust form, spotted aloe with tall orange racemes
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Aloe mudenensis
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Muden Aloe
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1m, hot dry areas for reddish leaves; yellow-topin branched flowerheads
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Aloe parvibracteata
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Short-bract Aloe
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1.5m, sun, purple-green leaves, orange flowers, spreads
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Aloe pluridens
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French Aloe
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5m, semi-shade, pink-orange flowers, suckers
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Aloe pruinosa
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Mkondeni Aloe
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Solitary, 50cm, semi-shade. Tall pink inflorescence. Rare.
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Aloe rupestris
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Bottlebrush Aloe
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Tall, semi-shade, blooms later than most aloes, orange flowers
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Aloe spicata
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Lebombo Aloe
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2m, long dense racemes of gold flowers resembling bottlebrush
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Aloe striata
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Coral Aloe
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Stemless form, blue-green broad leaves, branched inflorescence of pink-red flowers. From Eastern Cape.
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Aloe suprafoliata
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Book Aloe
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Northern KZN aloe found on rocky slopes with distinctive leaf arrangement
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Aloe tenuior
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Yellow Fence Aloe
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Scrambler, sun/semi-shade, yellow flowers in summer.
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Aloe tenuior (grey foliage)
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Yellow Fence Aloe
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Scrambler, sun/semi-shade, yellow flowers in summer.
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Aloe thraskii
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Dune Aloe
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Beautiful, single-stemmed. 3m, sun, yellow-orange flowers. Birds.
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Aloe vanbalenii
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Van Balen's Aloe
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Low-growing, spreading, sun; yellow-orange flowerheads. Birds.
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Aloe vanrooyenii
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Van Rooyen's Aloe
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New spotted Aloe from KZN
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Aloe wickensii
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Wickens's Aloe
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1m, dry sun, forms clumps of grey leaves; red and yellow flowers
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Aloe zebrina
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Zebra Aloe
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1m, sun, spreads. Striped leaves in rosettes, pink flowers
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