misternatureboy
Gardening is like cooking. To improve, you need to be willing to make mistakes and experiment. Also, common names are garbage. Zone 9b, West Sac, CA.
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misternatureboy
I collected this one from a feral population in an empty lot beside my friend's place in Monterey. I've given pups to two friends and those are also doing very well. Suffice it to say that this is a very easy plant to grow in California.
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Got these #AloeMaculata for free yesterday (10Nov2020). Planted them all in the shady front garden area, to which I also recently added a bunch of large river rocks, also free. My poor car--trunk and backseat full of little boulders--was significantly weighted down. Fortunately, I didn't have to go over a lot of speed bumps. I really should get a pickup truck.
@dirtgirlworld Sure will! Front garden looks scraggly now. Can't wait for it to fill in!
So glad you IDed this aloe! I have it as well as another #healingaloe but they look similar but not identical.
@fearlessthereforepowerful I've seen this misidentified as #AloeVera numerous times and it lowkey drives me cray. 🤪 Some main identifiers for A. maculata are (1) white speckling on leaves is distinct, regardless of age [this fades on some A. vera leaves as they mature]; (2) serrations on leaf edges are pronounced; and (3) #Aloemaculataflowers are usually pink and the flower heads are flat-topped, compared to #Aloeveraflowers, which are usually yellow and appear on a tall spike.
After the storm passes tomorrow, I’ll send pix of both of mine. I suspect the thinner aloe that I have is aloe vera and the thicker one is maculata.
@MichelleCrosby see above comment. I bet I sent you actual aloe vera & the one I said isn’t propping as fast is maculata...
@fearlessthereforepowerful There's another one that's mistaken for maculata. I think it has narrower leaves, ha ha. I'll try to dig up the info and let you know
@fearlessthereforepowerful you sent 2 different kinds one I think is aloe vera the other not sure but both are very strong now. I'll post pictures when I have light
I just realized that this is a hybrid. Will have to wait for flowers. @djinnrickey I might need your help, since I'm not too familiar with Aloe hybrids. Do you think these are maculata x grandidentata?
Could be the maculata hybrid, but yep you’ll have to wait for blooms...this is a good article on the spotted Aloes, there are quite a few that can look pretty similar - https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1217