When most of our gardens are resting and not looking their best, succulents are putting on a great show. I’ve got a little clump of aloe arborscens planted around my jacaranda tree in the front yard. This year I’m having a good show of aloe blooms: tall, deep orange, and reaching for the sky.
The plants were cuttings taken from a friend’s garden. It’s taken two years, but the plants are filling in nicely and are finally mature enough to put out blooms.
Here’s a tight flower bud that appeared when the bloom spikes first came up early in December.
Now the aloes are in perfect form. It’s a beautiful sight when I drive up to the house.
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