Botanical Name
Common Name
Bi-coloured aloe
Plant Type
Aloe petricola is a stemless or short stemmed aloe that reaches a height of 0.45-0.6m. This is an ideal specimen for a water-wise garden with a rockery. They are also ideal to use on sloping banks and also containers. They look breath taking once they are in bloom when mass planted in groups.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Pretoria aloe
Plant Type
This very hardy Aloe grows singly in dry rocky grassland in exposed positions.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Small-flowered Aloe
Plant Type
Aloe prinslooii is a medium sized aloe and can grow up to 0.6m. It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Reitz's aloe
Plant Type
This aloe is is restricted to a small area stretching from Gauteng to Belfast. area and occurs nowhere else in the world. It flowers in summer.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Soutpansberg Grass Aloe
Plant Type
Aloe soutpansbergensis is a small grass aloe that can grow up to 0.3m.
It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun.
It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Coral aloe
Plant Type
The leaves lack the spines common on most Aloes and have a smooth attractive pinkish margin without any teeth. Attractive coral red flowers are borne during the winter months
Botanical Name
Common Name
Book Aloe
Plant Type
Aloe suprafoliata is a medium sized aloe and can grow up to 1m tall. It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Swynnerton’s Aloe
Plant Type
Aloe swynnertonii is a medium sized aloe and can grow up to 0.5m.
It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun, it is often grown as an ornamental.
It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun, it is often grown as an ornamental.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Wolkberg Grass Aloe, Wolkberg cliff Aloe
Plant Type
Aloe thompsonia is a small dwarf aloe and can grow up to 0.2m tall.
It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun. It looks lovely in a hang basket and in containers.
It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or mixed succulent garden bed that need some watering during summer and prefers to not stand in harsh afternoon sun. It looks lovely in a hang basket and in containers.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Wits Grass aloe
Plant Type
This well known grass aloe is commonly found along rocky ridges of the Witwatersrand. The plants form dense clumps. The habitat is highly threatened.