Aloe Excelsa
Aloe 'Zimbabwe'
Original:Aloe excelsa is a tall Aloe, reaching up to 6 meters, 3 meters being the most common height. It is single stemmed and all but the lowest part of the trunk is swathed in the remains of dead leaves. The leaves form a compact rosette at the top, spreading becoming recurved. They are dark green in the summer up to 3 cm thick at the center. Young plants have a great number of spines over their leaf surfaces. However, the taller they are, the less vulnerable they are to grazing, these brown-red teeth disappear and remain only on the leaf margins. This species is frequently confused with the related Aloe ferox and Aloe africana species, as they look very similar when fully grown. However, flowers are different. New:Aloe is a Tropical plant, and in colder climates is treated as a Houseplant. They come in many varieties, some of which flower,- there are hundreds of them! They cannot survive in temperatures below 10c/55f. The leaves are spiky and fleshy.
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining
Common name
Aloe 'Zimbabwe'
Latin name
Aloe Excelsa
type
Succulent
family
Asphodelaceae
ph
7.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
1.00 M
Aloe Excelsa
Original:Aloe excelsa is a tall Aloe, reaching up to 6 meters, 3 meters being the most common height. It is single stemmed and all but the lowest part of the trunk is swathed in the remains of dead leaves. The leaves form a compact rosette at the top, spreading becoming recurved. They are dark green in the summer up to 3 cm thick at the center. Young plants have a great number of spines over their leaf surfaces. However, the taller they are, the less vulnerable they are to grazing, these brown-red teeth disappear and remain only on the leaf margins. This species is frequently confused with the related Aloe ferox and Aloe africana species, as they look very similar when fully grown. However, flowers are different. New:Aloe is a Tropical plant, and in colder climates is treated as a Houseplant. They come in many varieties, some of which flower,- there are hundreds of them! They cannot survive in temperatures below 10c/55f. The leaves are spiky and fleshy.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Plant in good cactus compost, or a loamy compost with added sand, for drainage.
Propagating
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Carefully remove side-shoots when they are large enough to handle, cutting them away from the parent plant. Make sure they have some root, and re-pot.
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Early Spring
Downward hanging flowers grow on spikes, and can be white, yellow, orange or red. They usually appear in Summer, but can be seen irregularly through the year.
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