Re: Aloe arborescens

You are not expecting Aloe arborescens to bloom out of
season, are you?  I have had large cuttings off mature
plants, approximately 18 inches of trunk and overall
height of 2 to 3 feet, bloom the following winter. 
Bulbine frutescens, while perfectly drought tolerant
if forced to be, will not flower nearly as well in
summer as it does if it receives irrigation.  It also
needs dividing and replanting at least every two to
three years to keep it growing and blooming most
vigorously.  Too much summer irrigation can turn this
into a monster, and it will get too large and crowd
out smaller statured plants.  While it seems to set
viable seed here in my garden, it has never selfsown
about, but does do so up in the drainage channels of
the African Hill section at the UC Berkeley Botanic
Garden.
--- Pamela Steele <pamela.steele@re-taste.com> wrote:

> 
> 1  I have planted several stems of Aloe arborescens
> from cuttings and they
> are not flowering.  How long/old do they need to
> flower?
> 2. What sort of conditions i.e. full sun, shade,
> water etc to Bulbine
> frutescens need. Someone did say it needed sun but
> my sunny areas are very
> dry.  The one I was given a month ago is in a pot
> and flowering which I am
> delighted about but I want to plant it in optimal
> conditions as I don't want
> to lose it
> Pamela
>
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