Showing posts with label Compact. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compact. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2013

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.   

Monday, March 3, 2003

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. 

Aloe 'Blizzard'

Aloe 'Blizzard' (O'Connel hybrid A. 'Doran Black' x A. #51)

Name and Exposure
Name Common Name Exposure Winter Hardiness

Aloe 'Blizzard'

Sun Shade 35 Degrees F

Color and Size
Foliage Flower Height Width
Dark green-black with profuse white markings that give the plant a striking look Orange 6 " Up to 2' clump, 6" each plant

Amazing colored hybrid. The picture says it all.  Might be a bit more cold hardy but I only just got this one this year. Lots of offsets to form nice clump.

See more photos in my small aloes photo album: Small Aloe

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.

Crassula 'Moon Glow'

Crassula 'Moon Glow'


Name and Exposure
Name Common Name Exposure Winter Hardiness

Crassula 'Moon Glow'

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
Light green/gray Pink 6-10" 2-10" depending on if tall plants lay down and if allowed to clump for long time