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- From: jhb@calmasd.prime.com (Jim Bishop)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: aloe plant in blossom
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.122658.1065@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 20:26:58 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.200734.25109@imagen.com>
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- In article <1992Dec18.200734.25109@imagen.com>, jjwt@imagen.com (Julia Tien) writes:
- > I have an aloe plant that is budding out. It's a fair-sized plant,
- > about 2' tall. I'm not at all familiar with the life cycle of
- > succulents--do aloe plants flower once and then die or do they
- > repeatedly flower?
-
- Aloes do not die after blooming. You may even get several bloom
- stalks from the same plant.
-
- >Is it worth collecting any seeds and starting
- > new plants, or are new plants usually grown from offsets?
-
- It depends on the variety. Some are easiest from offsets. Some don't
- offset, so you need to start from seed.
-
- >
- > (And please don't ask how I got it to flower--that was its own idea.
- > The plant is in a pot, outside in 30-40 degree weather here in
- > California; why it would flower in the winter and not summer is
- > beyond me.)
-
- Different varieties of aloe bloom at different times. Sounds like you
- have a basic aloe vera. They are winter bloomers.
-
- Jim
-