Aloe Rupestris
Bottle Brush Aloe
This 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. Rupestris is a taller variety of aloe, (can grow up to 10 feet & beyond) usually with a single stem (which may need support). The slightly recurved leaves are a dull green, and are deeply grooved, with red-brown margins and hooked 'teeth'. The flowers, which are its main feature, start as yellow buds but become bright reddish as they open, and are straight, upright and cylindrical, giving them the bottle-brush appearance that their name suggests.
Contributed by @hazzer101
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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
Bottle Brush Aloe
Latin name
Aloe Rupestris
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
3.00 M
Aloe Rupestris
This 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. Rupestris is a taller variety of aloe, (can grow up to 10 feet & beyond) usually with a single stem (which may need support). The slightly recurved leaves are a dull green, and are deeply grooved, with red-brown margins and hooked 'teeth'. The flowers, which are its main feature, start as yellow buds but become bright reddish as they open, and are straight, upright and cylindrical, giving them the bottle-brush appearance that their name suggests.
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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