How do you plant aloe Marlothii?

Aloe marlothii (Mountain Aloe)

1. Family: Asphodelaceae.
2. Light: When growing Aloes indoors, place your plants near a southern or southwest-facing window that gets plenty of bright, indirect light.
3. Soil: Plant Aloes in a well-drained soil specially formulated for cacti and other succulents or make your soil mix.

How do you care for aloe Marlothii?

Easily grown in well-drained soils in full sun. Water once a week for the first month following planting and reduce watering thereafter. Well-established plants can survive for several months without water. Great for beds and borders, rock gardens, succulent gardens or Mediterranean gardens.

Is Aloe a good beginner plant?

Aloe Vera is a simple plant to care for. While this hearty succulent typically grows more vigorously outdoors during spring and summer months, particularly in U.S. Zones 10-12, it can also thrive in a good pot indoors.

Is there a plant that looks like Aloe vera?

Common plants that look like aloe vera include agave plant, yucca, haworthia, gasteria, and maguey. These succulents have rosette leaves that grow around the stem – some with spines on the edges. You can grow these plants indoors as alternatives to the aloe plant as they have similar growing needs.

Where can I find mountain aloe in Africa?

The Mountain Aloe is a wide-ranging species from KwaZulu-Natal into Mocambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana and there is considerable variability in flower color and shape of the inflorescence.

What are the leaves of a mountain aloe plant?

The leaves of the Mountain Aloe are large, of a gray-green color, with reddish-brown spines along the margins and randomly on other parts of the leaf. In late fall to late winter appears the wide-spread branching inflorescence bearing red-orange flowers. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil.

How often should I water a mountain aloe plant?

Easily grown in well-drained soils in full sun. Water once a week for the first month following planting and reduce watering thereafter. Well-established plants can survive for several months without water.

How big does an aloe vera plant get?

There are hundreds of species of Aloe with various forms and sizes, including small, dainty flowering aloe, stemless succulent rosettes just a few inches tall, to much larger species of flowering tree Aloe.