Aloe branddraaiensis – Branddraai Aloe – 5 Seed Pack
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Aloes are very popular and some of the most rewarding plants to cultivate. They make excellent accent plants owing to their often strange and inspiring architectures, as well as the bright flowers that offset the grey-green leaves. They are also very suitable as container plants and small aloes can be used very effectively as border plants at the edge of a bed. Although aloes are most often included in rockeries, their application in horticulture is not limited to this feature and they can be used in almost any setting and in conjunction with most common garden plants. Their natural adaptation to harsh and often arid climates makes aloes outstanding subjects for the water-wise garden. Aloe is a genus in the Asphodeloideae family containing about 600 species of flowering succulent plants. Aloes are sometimes confused with Agaves. Contrarily to Agaves, Aloe leaves contain a gel like sap. Another difference is that Aloes don’t die after blooming as most Agaves do.
Commonly known as Branddraai Aloe, Aloe branddraaiensis falls in the group of spotted aloes and is also stemless. The leaves are marked with white flecks which form rather indistinct stripes and it is armed with sharp brown teeth. They can take on a reddish-brown colour when growing outside in full sun. The tips of the leaves tend to dry out and die back and can sometimes be twisted. The flower colour is a deep red and the flowers appear in winter on several much-branched inflorescences. Aloe branddraaiensis was first collected in the locality of Branddraai in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa which is where its species name comes from.