Aloe Wickensii (Geelaalwyn) 20L

Aloe wickensii (Geelaalwyn) - Succulent plant with solitary stemless rosettes densely packed with upright, curved smooth grey-green leaves with small sharp reddish-brown spines along the margins. The beautiful bi-colored red and yellow flowers appear well above the leaves in branched racemes in late winter with red buds opening to yellow flowers from the bottom of the inflorescence up. Plant in full sun to light shade in a well-drained soil and water occasionally to regularly in summer (from a summer rainfall area). Hardy to 20°F. This plant is often included into Aloe cryptopoda but this bi-colored form has long been grown under the name Aloe wickensii with Aloe cryptopoda being a more uniformly all yellow or all red form. In the newest book on aloes Aloes: The Definitive Guide (Kew Publishing 2011) it is stated that: "This striking species is easily recognized by its usually bi-coloured racemes of dark red buds opening to bright yellow flowers