Buy Aloe brevifolia

Aloe brevifolia, commonly known as Short-leaved Aloe, is a pragmatic addition to any garden. With a compact size of 12-18 inches in height and width, it's an ideal choice for rock gardens or low-maintenance landscapes. Its spiky, succulent leaves bring texture to dry spots and slopes, requiring minimal water once established. This aloe's rosette form offers a natural, unpretentious border along pathways, and its adaptability makes it suitable for both xeriscape designs and container arrangements. Drought-tolerant and resilient, Aloe brevifolia is a practical, utilitarian choice for those seeking easy-to-manage greenery with a touch of character.

This plant has been grown in a 1 ga pot. You will receive a very similar plant to the one in the picture. The plant is shipped "dry root" (without dirt).

Small growing aloe with short, fat, thick leaves and a nice stacked rosette. Rubbery white teeth along each leaf. Sky blue skin and offsets regularly.

Light Shade or Morning Sun. Outdoor/Indoor. Red Flowers on an unbranched spike.

Native to South Africa's Western Cape, this aloe is a bit more cold hardy and moisture hardy than its relatives. A charming addition to the dry garden with its rosettes of fat blue-gray-green leaves with waxy white surfaces and tiny white spines along the edges. The small rosettes, to 6" tall x 1 ft wide, offset over time forming larger clumps decorated in late spring with orange flowers held above the leaves on taller stems. Best in full sun and accepting of both drought and a bit of summer water. Frost hardy to 15-20F, upper USDA zone 8. One of the best for pot culture.

Hardy groundcover bromeliad from Bolivia; yellow flowers. Hardy to 25F.

One species of aloe which performs very well in California gardens is Aloe brevifolia. Its Latin name means “short leaf”, and this chubby little plant is quite compact as well as stemless. However, it produces offsets to make a clump which expands over time. The leaves are glaucous-green in color, and in full sun they take on tinges of purple and pink. The flower stalks emerge in April, and the tubular orange flowers open in late April and May (in its native home of South Africa the seasons are opposite, and so the flowers are produced late in the year). The flower stalk is unbranched and rises to a height of a foot or two. In nature, Aloe brevifolia grows just north of Cape Agulhas, to the east of Cape Town. This area gets most of its rain in winter, and this is undoubtedly part of the reason for the ease with which it grows in California. It does well in partial sun, but the leaves are more colorful in full sun. Plants can be massed for use as a ground cover, or used as a clump amongst other plants. It also does well as a potted specimen. It has not suffered from cold even when temperatures have plunged to 20° F (-7° C).

Get a lot of bang for your buck! (Or get a lot of bloom for your room!) A great Aloe that has large flowers compared to the small size of the plant. The flowers are orangy-red & 1.5-2’ tall, blooming in late Summer & early Fall. The rosettes only get to be about 8” tall & spread by offsets to form a clump about 3’ wide. The leaves are blue-green blushed pink with white teeth along the margins. From South Africa, a coastal species that is found in Winter & Summer rainfall areas. Perfect for small gardens or parking strips.