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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Aloeaceae (now Asphodeloideae) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Red |
| Bloomtime: Winter/Spring |
| Synonyms: [Aloe plicatilis / Kumara disticha hybrid] |
| Parentage: (Aloe plicatilis hybrid) |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
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Aloe 'Jenny Lind' - A low clustering aloe with rosettes of flat stout triangular shaped 1 foot long gray-green leaves with small flexible yellow teeth and in late winter into spring arise the 18 inch tall erect and few branched inflorescence bearing slightly spaced out orange-red tubular buds with green tips; flowers open a pale orange with slightly flared yellow and green petals. This is a hybrid of Aloe plicatilis the cultural requirements should be similar with the plant growing best in the sun, but away from the hottest afternoon sun in inland situations and watered occasionally during summer months. Has proven hardy to 25° F but possibly hardier than the 23° F that its parent can go down to. This plant was selected in 2010 from our seedlings of Fan Aloe, Aloe plicatilis, which were grown from seed from boxed specimen plants in our nursery. With many other aloes blooming around the same time as these plants, we really have no idea what the other parent is though some guesses have been Aloe vera and Aloe brevifolia. The flower tube is shorter and opens up a bit more than typical Aloe plicatilis. Since it has recently been proposed that the the fan aloe be put in its own genus as Kumara disticha, this plant would be an intergeneric hybrid. The name we applied to this cultivar comes the Jenny Lind, a hand held fan with broad petal shaped leaves that was named for the stage name of famous Swedish singer Johanna Maria Lind (1820-1887) and introduced to America by that consummate showman, P.T. Barnum. San Marcos Growers first introduced this plant to the horticultural trade in 2014.
This information is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources. We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Aloe 'Jenny Lind'. |
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