General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Cactus/Succulent
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Leaves: |
Evergreen
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Suitable Locations: |
Xeriscapic
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| Uses: |
Will Naturalize
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Hummingbirds
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| Containers: |
Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Posted by
mcvansoest (Tempe, AZ - Zone 9b) on Nov 1, 2018 5:10 PM concerning plant:
This plant is a hybrid created by David Verity during his time as curator of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA from the 1960s to the 1990s. Its parentage is A. ×spinosissima × A. marlothii. The super spininess of this plant is in large part derived from A. marlothii, but may have been enhanced by some genes from Aloe ×spinosissima, which is itself a hybrid with following parentage: A. humilis (the toothy form known as var. echinata) × A. arborescens.
This plant is not known to reach the large sizes associated with A. marlothii or the bushiness of A. arborescens, instead the diminutive size of A. humilis causes the mature size of this plant to be just over 1' across.
Here in the Valley of the Sun, the plant enjoys some shade in the afternoon but can take full morning sun. It has not yet flowered for me.
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