Roger's Pick: Flowering Aloes

Flowering aloes in the garden can brighten up any little sunny niche or large landscapes with the proper selection of South African aloes.

The drought tolerant aloes come in a variety of warm colors with yellow and tints of orange, apricot, pink, and some red and white flowers on spikes erupting from the rosette center of the plants. These floral spikes can either be solitary (single stem) or candelabra type (multi-flower stems) which are both attractive.

Aloes can be grown from the coastal seaside range (almost at sea-mist range) to our inland temperate valleys of San Diego County, where it i...