Hello guys-
I was just at your store last week visiting from San Diego. I wish I lived closer so I could buy more than the pink garden gloves I got! My sister lives in Berkeley and she takes me to your nursery every time I come up. We love to roam around and find out the names of some things in our garden which are unnamed.
I’d like to know if you could please identify this aloe for me. Seen here, it is about 3 years old and was given to my sister by her succulent guru who has a fantastic garden, but doesn’t always remember the names of her plants!
Thanks very much,
Pat
Pat,
You have an Aloe striata v. karasbergensis. We love this aloe but it is a lot slower growing than the Coral Aloe species it comes from.
Peter
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February 4th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
That’s striata x maculata hybrid – definitely not karasbergensis. Looks a lot like the one that Robin Stockwell’s been growing.
Karasbergensis has stripes, not spots. The comment about karasbergensis being a slower grower than striata is correct, but the hybrid pictured is actually a more vigorous grower than either of those species.
Cheers