Aloe barbadensis

(aloe vera)

evergreen

• half hardy
• reflective heat, sun, part shade
• average, dry, drought resistant
• medium growing
• From North Africa, used as a medical treatment for burns, grows from offsets, grows in clumps (stolons).
• Can spread out to 10', hummingbirds love flowers, yellow-orange on 2-3' stalks in clusters, 2 or more blooming periods.
• low maintenance
• Non-walkon groundcover
• desert, transitional, vertical