MBN 6FL Aloe Vera

This is a compact, clustering grower that in gardens and landscapes usually shows moderately wide, tapering, taupe-grey green leaves that bronze mildly towards the tips and curve slightly outwards. Many newly mature leaves show a faint, broad banding pattern. Can reach 24-36" tall, sometimes slightly taller if it forms a very short trunk, but is easily kept under 1' in a container. Basal pups form on older plants, especially after flowering, and colonies can reach 2' across or more. Flowers are usually yellow with greenish tips, sometimes light orange, densely packed on a solitary or basally branched spike reaching above the leaves. In spite of its almost always humble appearance it was been awarded a prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit! At least half sun, gritty, well drained mixes of course, keep drier in winter if possible (semidormancy), water almost regularly during the growing season. Modestly cold hardy, rated to USDA zone 8.