Re: Dracaena draco, aloes and their friends.

Glenn, thank you for your response on this. The aloes I've propagated have been found in Perth around 19th Century remnant gardens, and quite a struggle to ID. As the colonial ships sailed to WA they stopped off to re-supply at the Cape Colony and hence the numbers of S.African plants to be found here. I'm guessing that the aloes would have been ones that grew around Capetown, or at least flourished in the gardens there. I find these old time gardens and the plants that adorned them before the days of irrigation full of character. The supermarket gardens of today are sadly lacking in any individuality.
Thanks again, regards,
Margaret.
 
Margaret and Peter Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
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Now another query concerning Aloes.......can Glenn or anyone give me a link that will help with ID for these? I have grown a number of tree-type aloes from cuttings from venerable old plants about the place, but can't ID them with any confidence. Perhaps one of them is the Aloe bainesii of which Glenn speaks. Sites for Yuccas would also be devoured with pleasure, perhaps I could visualize the ones Trevor spoke about.
Thanks again.
Margaret.
 
I'm afraid not Margaret. The best aloe guide I have is the ' Guide to the Aloes of South Africa '  by Van Wyk & Smith. Briza puplications 1996. Very clear photos, concise cultivation notes & relatively inexpensive. R130 = $A 30 ?
For the tree Aloes - yes to the A barbarae ( bainesii ) & A plicatilis but no to the pillansii, dichotoma & ramosissima. I've seen a lot of them tried in Capetown & I've seen them all die. Only survive in proper climate controlled houses. Really need that intense heat & drastically reduced rainfall of the Northwest. And even then you'll only see them on rock outcrops & ridges.
 
Regards
 
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax SA 021 7904253 E-mail v*@iafrica.com
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