Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. Irrigate in summer months and try to keep drier in winter. The rose-pink flowers are described as being borne on 3 to 4 1/2 foot tall branched inflorescence with flowers secund (on one side of the stem).

Aloe secundiflora var. sobolifera is native to sandy soils from 2,000 to 6,000 feet in Tanzania. The suckering habit and dull teeth not joined by a horny rim on leaf margins differentiates this variety from the more widespread Aloe secundiflora var. secundiflora, which we also grow. The specific epithet means "flowers turned to one side" or "flowers in a one-sided raceme" and the subspecies epithet mean "producing shoots or suckers".

Our plants from seed given to Brian Kemble by Southern California succulent grower Duke Benadom who noted that his plant came from Ernesto Sandoval of U.C. Davis and that the plant was of easy culture in Davis and in Southern California. We grew this plant from 2008 until 2011 and noted that the plants grown from this seed were variable and thought it likely that they were actually garden hybrids. 

Information displayed on this page about Aloe secundiflora var. sobolifera is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.