Plants I'm Growing: Aloe Polyphylla

The comparatively rare Aloe polyphylla in the garden, with its spirals of leaves, bloomed this year for the first time. The seed pods are now mature and I've been able to collect hundreds of seeds. I'm looking forward to raising some babies.

Plants I'm Growing: Aloe polyphylla

Aloe polyphylla is a fairly hard-to-find aloe variety prized for its large spirals of small leaves (its Latin name means 'many-leaved'). I have two, one doing poorly, the other very happy. Watering the garden this morning, I was thrilled to see that the larger of the two appears to be very happy, indeed; it's preparing to flower. It has developed a large cluster of buds.  I've never seen this variety in flower before. Looking forward to it...