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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Aloeaceae (now Asphodeloideae) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Orange Red |
| Bloomtime: Fall/Winter |
| Height: 8-10 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
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Aloe marlothii "Utrecht form" (Red Mountain Aloe) - Succulent unbranched large aloe that often grows to 10 feet tall with persistent old leaves making a skirt around the trunk. The leaves of the Mountain Aloe are large, of a gray-green color, with reddish-brown spines along the margins and randomly on other parts of the leaf. In late fall to late winter appears the wide-spread branching inflorescence bearing red flowers – this darker color distinguishes this form from the reddish-orange to even orange-yellow flowers of the more typical forms of this species. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. Requires little to no supplemental irrigation in coastal California gardens. Hardy to 20° F. The Mountain Aloe is a wide ranging species from KwaZulu-Natal into Mocambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana and there is considerable variability in flower color and shape of the inflorescence. Our plants are from seed resulting from hand pollination of red flowering plants growing in a garden in north San Diego County that originated from seed collected at Utrecht, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa from a population with many red-flowered plants. Other common names often used for the Mountain Aloe include Spiny Aloe, Flat Flowered Aloe and the Africaner names Bergaalwyn and Boomaalwyn. The specific epithet 'marlothii' honors the botanist H.W. Rudolf Marloth. Aloe marlothii can easily be distinguished from all other single-stemmed aloes by the horizontal (or at least slanted) branching of the inflorescence and the racemes with erect flowers.
This information about Aloe marlothii "Utrecht form" displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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