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Aloe 'Sunshine' - Sunshine Aloe

Note: This plant is no longer in stock. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Succulent
Family: Aloeaceae (now Asphodeloideae)
Origin: Jordan (Asia)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloomtime: Year-round
Height: 1-2 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F
Aloe 'Sunshine’ - This succulent plant forms clusters of rosettes of upright fleshy mid green leaves with yellow evenly spaced teeth along the margins. In late summer through fall and possibly into winter appear the 2- to 3-foot-tall slender stemmed branched inflorescences holding bright lemon yellow flowers.

Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and give little to occasional irrigation. Hardiness is as yet determined but has handled temperatures just below freezing and likely is still a bit hardier. This plant is a nice yellow flowering landscape aloe with attractive green foliage.

Aloe 'Sunshine' is a name we applied to a plant that we first received from a the micropropagation laboratory (tissue culture) of Magnolia Gardens labeled as the orange flowering aloe cultivar Aloe Safari Orange ['Andora'] that has very similar foliage and was only noted it to be different as it came into flower. Magnolia Gardens had received the stock plants as Aloe Safari Orange from EuroAmerican Propagators as that company went out of business and didn’t realize the mix-up until plants had been shipped so it began popping up in a number of nurseries as a yellow form of Aloe Safari Orange. It really is one of the brightest yellow flowering aloes we have and the flowers stand attractively against the green foliage. One issue we have found with it is that it gets occasional black leafspots similar to what we see in Aloe camperi cultivars, which leads us to believe it may have this plant in its parentage. 

Information displayed on this page about Aloe 'Sunshine' 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.

 
San Marcos Growers closed for regular business at the end of 2025 as the property is being developed for affordable housing.
While our gates remain closed, we will open them by appointment so we can liquidate remaining plants, supplies and equipment. The plants remaining in the field are listed on our Live Inventory Page.
 
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