Re: Additonal Aloes;A. polyphylla

david feix wrote:
> 
> Margaret,
> 
> I knew that Sean could come up with much more info,
> and one that we both failed to mention that is
> becoming quite popular here is Aloe polypylla-Spiral
> Aloe.  This is a specimen and/or container plant par
> excelence, stunning in a large container, looking more
> like a modern sculpture than a living plant, with a
> perfect spiral formation.  It is extremely tolerant of
> cold, taking snow in its native Drakensburg mountains
> habitat, and rather restricted in numbers.  A local
> grower(Alan Bloom?-can't remember his last name) in
> Santa Cruz discovered how to germinate this one, and
> it is now fairly widely available. (For folks in the
> Bay Area, you can usually find this,(as well as many
> other succulents) at The Dry Garden Nursery in
> Oakland, phone  510 547 3564.  Richard Ward (Dry
> Garden owner), often carries a good selection of Aloes
> and Brian Kemble's(Ruth Bancroft Garden) hybrids as
> well.

A.polyphylla can be also found in unlikely places like Woolworth's and
OSH, and really cheap, too.  I found it in 5 gallon pots, for about $28,
if I remember correctly.  It was labeled just as "Aloe species", so it
helps if one knows what it looks like.  See, e.g.: http://www.scruz.net/~ecoscape/

KK 
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