Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
My smaller one (12” across) survived fine.
I’m contemplating planting out the bigger one but unsure. Don’t want to lose it.
I’m contemplating planting out the bigger one but unsure. Don’t want to lose it.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
All three of mine were planted out. I thought, at the size they were, they'd be better off in the ground. Very wrong there!Herts Mike wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 9:48 pm My smaller one (12” across) survived fine.
I’m contemplating planting out the bigger one but unsure. Don’t want to lose it.
The big one is definitely enjoying the free root run! I've got a nice fat flower stem forming already.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
I think the lowest was -3 deg C. Shouldn’t have been the problem for many Aloes… if not the exceptional rainfall in Autumn and winter. Even with the cover the soil was soaking wet.Paul in Essex wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 1:38 pm I think you got off lightly! Aloes were particualrly badly here over this side of the country. What was your low temperature, do you know?
Gasteria.Aloe.Astroloba.Asphodelaceae hybrids.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
-3C! I'd be pleased to take that on a normal winter!
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
I thought I’d lost my big Aloe striatula but there is a new shoot coming through from underground.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
It does that. I probably said before - top growth damaged around -6C but sprouts from the wood. If there's no wood it generally comes back from underground. Documented to return after -18C.
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Good to hear. I thought it was history.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
Last winter killed many succulents which had survived outdoors in previous winters, and although our Aloe striatulas looked dead too, they are now resprouting from the roots.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
I got round to cutting my plant down this week, principally to make it easier to cut the hedge.
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Re: Hardy Aloes in the UK garden
Good to see it coming back! Will be interesting to see how big it gets by the autumn.
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