Aloe broomii – Mountain Aloe, Snake 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.
Aloe broomii commonly known as Mountain Aloe or Snake Aloe has a unique feature that no other aloe has. The flowers and buds cannot be seen when the flower is fully open because they are completely hidden by longer bracts. All that can be seen of the flowers are the stamens and stigmas sticking out beyond the bracts. Aloe broomii is a short-stemmed, robust aloe reaching a height of 1.5 m, including the inflorescence. It is usually solitary, but occasionally the heads divide to form groups of up to 3 rosettes. The leaves are green, with reddish brown teeth along the margins, and are arranged in a dense rosette. The inflorescence is densely flowered and un-branched. The flowers are pale greenish yellow and 20 to 25mm long.