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Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Inflorescence Height: Up to 3 feet
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow seeds in sandy soil. Seeds germinate in a few weeks at temperatures between 68 and 75 degrees F. Seedlings need moist but well-drained soil.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Other: Stems cut below a node root easily. Cut a stem that has gotten leggy, let it dry out for at least a few hours to form a seal on the cut surface. Place the cutting in rooting medium kept moist, but not wet, until roots form.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Endangered
Image
Common names
  • Harla Aloe
  • Aloe

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Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: late April 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2019-08-10
purchased at the August SDCSS meeting, yellow forming form
Location: At our garden - Central Valley area, CA
Date: 2011-09-30
Aloe harlana - Mosaic Aloe
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-10-25
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-10-25
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-10-25

Date: May 2021
Flowering
Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on May 9, 2019 2:27 PM concerning plant:
    Very ornamental mosaic aloe with green leaves that have lots of small whitish streaks. Flowers are deep red or bright yellow and appear on multibranched inflorescences. From Ethiopia. Closely related to Aloe (Aloe monticola), a larger plant from the opposite side of the Ethiopian rift which tends to make taller racemes with longer flowers and bracts. Frequently misidentified. The images of pink-flowered plants on this page are most likely Somali Aloe (Aloe somaliensis).

    This plant is related to other mostly east African mosaic aloes (djiboutiensis, elegantissima, erensii, harlana, hemmingii, jucunda, mcloughlinii, parvidens, peckii, pirottae, somaliensis, suffulta).

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