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From:
p*@re-taste.com
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:50
PM
Subject: Aloe aborescens
Sorry everybody, I am on the Costa Blanca in Spain
which has a classic Mediterranean climate 30 degrees today and for the last
weeks very hot and no rain.
I
inherited 3 years ago 2 Aloe aborescens in this garden both in sunny
dry postions. They could be about 5-6 years old I think. One which
is about 3-4 feet across and 3-4 feet high has flowered in Jan/Feb. ( No, I
don't expect them to be flowering out of season) The other 18 inches by abot 2
ft has not flowered. I also have another 3ft x ft in a shady position
which has not flowered. I put a number of cuttings from them in the
garden (sunny position ) 2 years ago which have grown well but again not
flowered. I just wanted to know what the expected flowering time is for
Aloe. I am hoping to get an A. plicatilis at the garden centre and was
wondering what size I should get for quick flowering.
Hi
Pamela
Expect A. arborescens flowers from late winter
to early spring, A. plicatus in spring..
While I am here, is Thevetia Peruviana really THAT
poisonous? It says something on the internet that people have been
hospitalised beacuse it causes HEART problems?
I
don't actually know rhe plant, but one account I looked up
recommended gloves if handling it. That's much more dangerous than its cousin
oleandar I should say.
And
is there a Nepeta (blue ) variety which does not get leggy and fall
over?
Strains of N, musseni (N. racemosa) are mostly
quite short and won't usually fall over.
And
best wises to you
Moira
