Beautiful Aloe dyerii. Well , they are all gorgeous, but that one really caught my eye. My question os. What does Z 3 mean to you to me it means cold like ALASKA! It must mean something different to you. My sister lives in Z 3 Alaska. I think I like Z3 South Africa better. Aloes seem to like it and there are no mouse tromping through the garden.

I have never seen an Aloe petricola with teeth like that or that green... my seedling had dinky teeth and was nearly white it had so much tomentum on it. Perhaps just a variation.

Wanton, thanks Z3 is zone3....I divided my garden, into zones to keep track of what is in them up to z12! Z3 is looking straight into the teeth of the SW winds, which is ocean, salty winds and this area also get sun in the afternoon. I do love the dyeri myself.

Geoff, yeah must be, colour is more or less the same for all 3 petricola's I have. I am seeing some colour variation on the aloe aculeata seedlings as well - will be interesting to see them develop, there is about 30. Oh, I think I also understand why they talk about petricola and aculeata being close, especially in this plant, don't you think?

Thanks for posting those great photos!

The 'unknown aloe' looks like A vanbalenii.
The Aloe shown as A petricola is actually an A reitzii.

-Excelsa

I love the Aloe dyeri - it looks like a dinosaur-age plant.

Thanks Excelsa, I guess time will tell. I will update.

Glad you like it Mojave.

Beautiful! Great job! My favorite is the Aloe capitata var. angavoana. W-O-W.

I need one of those in my life.

Is that a hill of Conophytum behind your Aloe dyeri? Can I ask what type and how do you treat it?

Hanz - Hill is Ruschia radicans and it made the hill by itself, which looks cool.

Love the garden. Aloe capitata looks like Jaws after dinner. Those red teeth are scary. How old is this garden? Seems like there are a few really cute pups around so you must have been working on it for a while.
Penny

Rian,

Lovely plants again, and they're growing so well for you. What does the 'Z3 area' mean? It's not like Area 51, is it, and I know you don't mean Zone 3 (weather colder than ours).

Excelsa,

It looks like A. petricola to me. I didn't think A. reitzii had thorny undersides and the leaves aren't as longitudinally chunky as Rian's plant.

Penny,

You should collect the whole capitata complex, many of the species' names relate to what they grow in, e.g. Aloe capitata v. gneissicola, A. c. v. quartzicola (and a few more, too).

Penny I started developing this part a year ago end of Feb. Of the 12 or so zones this one is toughest because of the position.

Beachplants,
Very nice assortment of plants here, and it gives such inspiration to create my own display along the side of my own home.

Nice job I'm sure you enjoyed every moment of that project.

Greg

Yep, love gardening Greg...lots to do still, but I am taking it slow, and watching closely, I will only do the finishing touches once I am happy. As with any garden, I guess, some plants do better in some areas than others - so I have had to move some around a bit.