Growing Aloe Helenae
Aloe Helenae is one of my favorite, smaller tree aloes. It hails from the coasts of southern Madagascar and as you might guess does well in similar environments when grown in cultivation. It's long, graceful, recurved leaves are a light, olive green color and once big enough I imagine this plant would make an excellent focal point in a coastal garden. Aloe helenae about 8 to 10 yrs old - late March 2025 My plant was originally purchased from The Institute for Aloe Studies , grown outdoors in a pot, planted in the ground for a year where it struggled in dry and sunny corner of our Mid-SF Peninsula yard, dug up, transplanted to a 15ga container and left in a corner with filtered light. Several years later it was moved to a greenhouse in Halfmoon Bay, CA. where it has patiently been waiting for a bigger home. I was pleasantly surprised back in February when I noticed a flower stalk forming for the first time ever! Bloom stalk first spotted on February 15th Unfortu...
