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Aloe 'Red Bird' – A large shrubby succulent likely to get to 6 feet tall or more by as wide with thick gray-green recurved leaves. In mid-winter appear the stout few branching inflorescences with tight terminal spikes of narrow dark orange-red buds that open a salmon-red color from the bottom of the spike up.
Plant in full sun to light shade. Based on its parentage this plant should prove to be both drought tolerant and hardy to moderate cold – we have only tested it to 27° F, but likely can go at least a few degrees colder. This is a selection made at our nursery in 2014 from seedlings grown from seed provided to us in March 2007 by Brian Kemble of the Ruth Bancroft Botanic Garden. The seed parent of this open pollinated hybrid was Aloe arborescens and its pollen parent is speculated to be Aloe thraskii. We also selected a second seedling that has thicker and shorter inflorescences of flowers that have dark orange buds and open to reveal yellow orange flowers that we call < href="plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3284" target="blank">'Birds and Bees'.
The information about Aloe 'Red Bird' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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