Aloe Species, Flat-flowered Aloe, Mountain Aloe

Central Phoenix -- My Aloe marlothii is about 15 years old, having replaced one that was killed by the power company while trimming the n...Read Moreearby pecan tree. It grew slowly until 2011, when it suffered quite a bit of damage in a late (early February) hard freeze, despite being under a cold frame. This seemed to stimulate it and it has grown much faster since. It is in partial shade and has moderate water. It is almost 5 feet tall, but has not bloomed.

I always wondered why this aloe has such a weak stem for a tree type aloe -- I have 3 supports on mine. I recently learned that you should not remove the dead leaves. As they droop down along the stem, they form a support structure to keep the stem erect.

Mighty, hardy, undemanding, always impressive. Mine are just about to start trunking but they grow very well down here in New Zealand an...Read Mored we have some massive specimens. Like most aloes, they grow faster with a little attention to water and feeding, and half-decent soil.

Very frost hardy for a succulent plant, and another thing I love about it is its ability to resist hail damage, which can pock mark and scar some softer-leaved aloes (we get quite a bit of hail in winter.) Looking forward to the wonderful flowers.

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Here in the bay area they do very good, if a little slow growing. As they get a few feet of trunk and bloom, marlothii's are stand out pl...Read Moreants not confused with any other plant around here. Pretty cold tolerant.Mine withstood the freeze of 07 pretty much unscathed. The flowers on the other hand were freeze dried..good thing it had already been blooming a couple of weeks before the freeze. It also makes a great defender for your yard-the spines and chunky leaves discourage trespassers.

This plant is a single-trunked tree Aloe that can eventually get to 20 feet with age. The leaves are large, heavy, and very spiney along...Read More the ridges and outside of the leaves.

It is a very easy to grow Aloe. Minimum maintenance except if one wants to remove the old, dried leaves along the stem. Looks better with the dried leaves along the stem in my opinion--giving it the appearance of a Palm skirt.