ALOE DICHOTOMA SEEDS
Quiver Tree
You are bidding on 5 seeds
Also known as the Quiver Tree. Native to South Africa, specifically the northern Cape and parts of southern Namibia. This distinctive tree aloe has smooth branches, which are covered with a thin layer of whitish powder that helps to reflect away the hot sun's rays. The bark on the trunk forms beautiful golden brown scales, but beware, the edges of these scales are razor sharp. The crown is often densely rounded as a result of the repeatedly forked branches, hence the species name dichotoma (dichotomous meaning forked). The blue-green leaves are borne on terminal rosettes, but in juvenile plants the leaves are ranked in vertical rows. The bright yellow flowers are borne from June to July.
Quiver trees features quite prominently in gardens all over South Africa and other countries with a similar climate. In wetter parts of South Africa such as the Western Cape, these plants are able to cope provided that the drainage is good enough to prevent rotting in the wet winters. A position in a hot and dry rock garden is best if one wants to grow this aloe in open ground.
Sowing instructions will be emailed after purchase
Shipping Options:
Post Office FastMail (delivery in approx. 4-5 working days)
R39.00 for the first item (10 seeds), R5.00 per additional item
Fastway Couriers (Pta / Jhb / Dbn / Cape Town / Nelspruit / Klerksdorp / Potchefstroom / Pinetown / Pietermaritzburg / Rustenburg / Richards Bay / Ballito / Amanzimtoti / Witbank - delivery in 1-2 working days)
R85.00 for the first item (5 seeds), R5.00 per additional item
Fastway Couriers (East London / PE / George - delivery in 2-3 working days)
R85.00 for the first item (5 seeds), R5.00 per additional item
Fastway Couriers (Knysna - delivery in 3-4 working days)
R85.00 for the first item (5 seeds), R5.00 per additional item
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Courier delivery prices quoted are for the cities listed above.
The courier will deliver to other smaller towns but there is a R80.00 outlying area surcharge payable for deliveries to outlying areas (eg. Louis Trichardt, Pofadder, etc)
