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Aloe 'Chico Banana' - A small suckering aloe to 12 to 18 inches tall with rosettes of upright deep green leaves generously decorated with white dashes and seemingly year-round production of clear yellow flowers held a foot above the foliage on unbranched inflorescences.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and give occasional irrigation. Hardy to 20-25° F.
This plant is a hybrid that was created by aloe hybridizer Kelly Griffin when he was working at Rancho Soledad Nursery. It is the result of crossing the Ethiopian Aloe harlana as the seed parent with the pollen parent Aloe peckii, a small aloe that comes from the Al Madu Mountain Range in Northern Somalia.
Aloe 'Chico Banana' came to us from Aloe hybridizer and enthusiast Brent Wigand with a cultivar name he had given it that used the proprietary and universally recognized trademarked name 'Chiquita ® Banana', so we have renamed it 'Chico Banana' so not to infringe on a trademarked name. We also grow another somewhat similar aloe called Aloe 'Verity Nice' that also involves Aloe peckii.
Information displayed on this page about Aloe 'Chico Banana' 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.
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