Aloe framesii - Bitter Aloe - 10 Seed Pack - Indigenous Aloe Succulent - Worldwide Shipping, NEW

Aloe framesii plants form dense groups of up to 20 rosettes. The branched stems are horizontal and inconspicuous.

The leaves are long and relatively narrow, about 30 cm long and 7 cm wide at the base. Numerous small white spots are usually present on both surfaces.
There are no thorns or prickles except for reddish brown triangular teeth along the margins. The inflorescences are single or mostly two to three-branched and up to 80 cm high, with oblong, pointed racemes. The flowers of the Bitter Aloe as it is commonly known are tubular and usually orange-red with the tips greenish yellow.

Aloes are very popular and some of the most rewarding plants to cultivate. They make excellent accent plants owing to their often strange and inspiring architectures, as well as the bright flowers that offset the grey-green leaves.
They are also very suitable as container plants and small aloes can be used very effectively as border plants at the edge of a bed. Although aloes are most often included in rockeries, their application in horticulture is not limited to this feature and they can be used in almost any setting and in conjunction with most common garden plants.
More about the Aloe genus below.

Aloe is a genus in the Asphodeloideae family containing about 600 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera. The genus is mostly native to Africa with about 125 being indigenous to South Africa. About 405 species can be found in Africa while about 45 species are found in the Arabian Peninsula. Socotra has 4 natural species and the Mascarene and other Western Indian Ocean Islands share about 7 species. Madagascar, for its size, has a pretty extensive collection of about 145 species.
Aloes are sometimes confused with Agaves. Contrarily to Agaves, Aloe leaves contain a gel like sap. Another difference is that Aloes don't die after blooming as most Agaves do.
For an extensive list of documented Aloe species please see this Wikipedia page.