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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Aloeaceae (Aloes) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Red/Purple Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Yellow & Orange |
| Bloomtime: Winter/Spring |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 3-4 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
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Aloe vanbalenii (Van Balen's Aloe) - This stemless rosette forms a wide low clump to 1-2 feet tall by 3 feet wide. It has long gracefully twisting deeply channeled yellow-green leaves with rusty red edges - the entire leaf can be red if grown in full sun and kept dry in winter but will be bright green in the shade. The yellow to orange-yellow flowers are on unbranched spikes in late winter to early spring. Plant in full sun to light shade and irrigatte regularly spring through summer. This plant is a summer grower and while it adapts to winter rainfall the foliage is much showier if kept dry in the winter - grow under eaves or in small well draining pots. Hardy to 25° F. Native to KwaZulu-Natal and southeastern Mpumalanga in South Africa. The name honours J.C. van Balen, the former Director of the Park Department in Johannesburg, SA, who first collected this species.
The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery and in our own and other Santa Barbara gardens. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information or disagrees with what we have written.
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