Aloe humlis (Spider Aloe)

Aloe humlis (Spider Aloe)

Name and Exposure

Name	Common Name	Exposure	Winter Hardiness
Aloe humlis	Spider Aloe	Sun Shade	20-25 Degrees F

Color and Size

Foliage	Flower	Height	Width
Green	Orange Red, winter spring bloom	4"	8" clump

Very compact aloe that makes dense clumps up to close to foot across. Lots of irregular placed spines and bumps add to interest with a general aloe like appearance but in miniature.  Great for container-scaping.   

Aloe juvenna

Aloe juvenna

Name and Exposure

Name	Common Name	Exposure	Winter Hardiness
Aloe juvenna	Tiger tooth Aloe Syn. and/or often mislabled as Aloe zanzibarica and A. concinna	Sun Shade	20-25 Degrees F

Color and Size

Foliage	Flower	Height	Width
Green, can turn orange in sunny dry conditions	Orange Red, infrequent but if does is in summer	1'	2-3' clump of many plants

Compact aloe with prominent with spines on the edges of leaves larger than other spines making them look like a row of shark teeth or as the common name implies tiger's teeth. Suckers form very heavy and turn the plant into a dense stand of many plants. 

Echeveria colorata

Echeveria colorata

Name and Exposure

Name	Common Name	Exposure	Winter Hardiness
Echeveria colorata		Sun Shade	25 Degrees F

Color and Size

Foliage	Flower	Height	Width
Turquoise Gray with pink tips		5 inches	5", can offset 1' clump

Compact amazingly colored Echeveria.  The shading o pick to turquoise gray is very interesting, especially on foggy mornings around here.  Cold hardy just do give in days of 25-30 while soaking wet.

My Echeveria album: Echeveria

Sempervivum 'Clara Noyes'

Sempervivum 'Clara Noyes'

Name and Exposure

Name	Common Name	Exposure	Winter Hardiness
Sempervivum 'Clara Noyes'		Sun Shade	25 Degrees F

Color and Size

Foliage	Flower	Height	Width
Green/Red with fine hairs		5 inches	5", can offset 2' clump

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Nice compact cold hardy plant for small container planting scapes like I do.  Only problems i have are like with most succulents--keeping them from being soggy all winter in our long winter rains--in the years we get them.  Redder color with more light.  Sends out logs of pups or offsets over time to spread.  You can clip these off and root them to propagate more for more containers.

Graptopetalum paraguayense 'Ghost Plant'

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Another member of the jade family that I love for the ability to root new plants from even just the leaves.  Many do this but this one is also hardy to 25F.  Very interesting color that brightens up a planter.

Name and Exposure

Name	Common Name	Exposure	Winter Hardiness
Graptopetalum paraguayense	Ghost Plant	Sun Shade	32 Degrees F -- might be colder--survived a week of overnight lows below 30--but was under sheet within foot of house so that may have helped.

Color and Size

Foliage	Flower	Height	Width
White-gray-green	White with red tipped yellow center	6-10"	2-10" depending on if tall plants lay down and if allowed to clump for long time