Aloe Aculeata

Aloe aculeata

Summary

I believe this to be  Aloe aculeata due to its spines all over the leaves having white bases to them

Hardy to around -6 if dry, at time of writing it is small enough to move to the cold greenhouse for winter, where it will not be watered all winter

2014

July. A colleage at work gave me a trough of succulents he inherited with a new house purchase, as you can see it was a total mess

I potted it up and kept it in a sunny spot in the garden, I mistakenly thought that it wouldnt like to be watered and by the end of september it had turned red (and still looked a mess)

It spent winter in the cold greenhouse

2015

Here pictured at the end of march, as you can see it has appreciated some cool weather and some watering and is starting to look nice

4th June and in a different pot, it still has a lean to it but is looking healthy

22nd November

We had our first frost last night (-1c). here it is before being put away for winter, a nice healthy bright green

2016
April

Its first trip outside the greenhouse, only watered a couple of times over winter

It looks like we have some new growth coming out

17th April

 This year we will see how it does planted out, it has a good root-ball

In the ground