Aloe Africana

€220.00
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This Aloe is native to South Africa and the Canary Islands, being able to reach 2 meters in height, in the form of a rosette with teeth on its edges, having its flowering in hot seasons giving an inflorescence with flowers and bearing fruit.

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African Aloe 1 arm € 220, approximately 1.5 m

African Aloe 2 arm € 363, approximately 1.5 m

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AFRICAN ALOE

ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS

The African Aloe belongs to the Aloe family endemic to South Africa and the Canary Islands.

It can reach 2 meters in height. It has a shrub rosette shape where its leaves, like the rest of aloes, are lanceolate and fleshy with thorns on their edges of red color. It is bluish-green or greyish in color, the spiny teeth on the edges being reddish. Its flowering comes between summer and autumn (July to September) giving an inflorescence that contains a cluster from which the flowers of this species are born, orange in color, giving fruits in turn.

DECORATION OF ... EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR?

It can be incorporated in both environments, it resists well to the sun so it is perfect for hot places since it does not require much maintenance, if you prefer to have it indoors you just have to make sure that the pot is adequate and that it drains the water correctly and places in a sunny place, although it is also very resistant to cold. Mainly, it is used for landscape decoration.

CARE FOR CACTUS AND SUCCULENTS

They are showy plants, very pretty and that practically do not need much maintenance.

- They prefer places with direct light or that have good lighting, preferably next to a window, on a balcony, a terrace or in your Garden.

- They can withstand low temperatures, around 10ºC.

- It is essential that they have good drainage, both in the soil and in a pot.

- The ideal substrate for cacti has to be combined with sand and gravel, so that they have good drainage, humidity and excess water are not good.

- Irrigation does not have to be excessive. From spring to autumn, which would be its growth period, water every 15 days, abundant watering and wait until the soil is very dry again. In winter do not water or give one watering per month.

- Fertilizer. During the growing season (spring - autumn) you can fertilize them with worm humus. Eggshells are a good homemade fertilizer, they contain (Calcium, Iron, Potassium, magnesium and Phosphorus) these nutrients are very important and favor their growth, you must crush and mix them with the substrate, administer them a couple of times a year.

- Treatment against fungi due to excess humidity, disinfect the area with a copper-based fungicide.

- If you want to transplant them from the pot or the ground, the best time would be from spring.

And don't forget that to work with cacti you have to wear good gloves.

Aloe Africana
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