My in conclusion post service about leafage rot on agaves promoted past times the seemingly never-ending pelting hither inwards the Sacramento Valley was a chip of a downer. This post service is much to a greater extent than upbeat because many of our aloes are finally blooming. It took them noticeably longer to function past times at that spot this year as a lawsuit of the moisture in addition to cool weather. But possibly this agency that the flowers volition in conclusion longer?
The "desert bed" along the side of the family is a sight that never fails to elevator my spirits. Especially correct now:
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| Flowering aloes from left to right: Aloe ferox, Aloe petricola, Aloe 'Moonglow', Aloe cryptopoda (wickensis form), Aloe capitata var. quartziticola, Aloe glauca, Aloe 'Erik the Red', Aloe 'Moonglow' |
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| All 3 clumps of Aloe 'Moonglow' bring flowers this twelvemonth that look to a greater extent than orangish than the creamy yellowish that I remember. Maybe my encephalon is seeing this item hue differently this year? |
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Clump #1 of Aloe 'Moonglow'
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| Variegated Aloe arborescens in front end of regular A. arborescens. The latter is a rattling shy bloomer for me--so much in addition to hence that I'm considering replacing it amongst a to a greater extent than floriferous clumping aloe. |
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| Aloe ferox, getting fatty in addition to leaning forwards instead of growing upwards. The 3 agaves to the correct are Agave 'Burnt Burgundy' (front left), Agave parrasana × colorata (back), Agave parrasana (front right) |
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| Aloe petricola, blooming for the outset time. Notice the bi-colored flowers. The agave to the left is Agave mitis ( formerly Agave celsii), the i to the correct is Agave macroacantha. |
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| Clump #2 of Aloe 'Moonglow'. Behind it is Aloidendron 'Hercules'. |
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| Different angle. The agaves adjacent to Aloe 'Moonglow* are Agave americana 'Mediopicta alba' inwards the front end in addition to Agave ovatifolia in the back. |
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| Aloe 'Moonglow' on the left in addition to Aloe cryptopoda on the far right |
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| The bi-colored shape of Aloe cryptopoda used to endure considered a split species, Aloe wickensii |
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| The flowers are stunning, aren't they? This is the outset fourth dimension this Aloe cryptopoda has flowered. |
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| Aloe cryptopoda and Agave ovatifolia |
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| LEFT: Aloe capitata var. quartziticola, flowering for the outset fourth dimension RIGHT: Aloe glauca |
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| Aloe 'Erik the Red'; the flowers bring non quite opened upwards yet |
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| Looking dorsum at this bed from the other direction, amongst 'Erik the Red' on the right. Not shown inwards the motion-picture demo (on the right, beyond 'Erik the Red') is clump #3 of 'Moonglow' |
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