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Products > Aloe 'Yemeni Gold'   Aloe 'Yemeni Gold' - Yemen Bush Aloe     [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Aloeaceae (now Asphodeloideae) Origin: Yemen (Asia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Golden Bloomtime: Spring Synonyms: [Aloe sabaea hybrid 2a] Height: 3-4 feet Width: 4-6 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F Aloe 'Yemeni Gold' (Yemen Bush Aloe) - A medium sized clump forming aloe with stems rising to 2 to 3 feet tall holding open rosettes of 3 foot long narrow medium green leaves that slightly recurve and have large green teeth along the margins. In mid spring appear the well branched stems that rise above the foliage in all directions with orange buds that open to display large golden flowers – a spectacular sight! Plant in full sun in a well-drained. Our plants have not been through a cold year so we only know that this plant is hardy to around 30° F but based on its parentage it should prove a bit hardier than this. This unusual plant in an open pollinated hybrid that was selected at our nursery from plants grown from seed taken from a Aloe sabaea that was growing in the Santa Barbara garden of cycad specialist Jeff Chemnick. It had many other aloes growing around it so we can only speculate what the pollen parent could be. Several other seedlings were also selected for evaluation but this one is the showiest with large golden flowers in huge branching panicles that rise above the attractive foliage. Aloe sabaea is a small tree aloe with orange flowers that grows in Yemen so we decided to call this plant 'Yemeni Gold'.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Aloe 'Yemeni Gold'.     [MORE INFO]