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Products > Aloe 'Chico Banana'   Aloe 'Chico Banana' - Banana Aloe       Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Aloeaceae (now Asphodeloideae) Origin: Garden Origin Evergreen: Yes Variegated Foliage: Yes Flower Color: Yellow Bloomtime: Year-round Parentage: [Aloe harlana x A. peckii] Height: 1-2 feet Width: 1-2 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F 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 and was 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. It came to us from Aloe hybridizer and enthusiast Brent Wigand with a cultivar name he had given it that use 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  The information about Aloe 'Chico Banana' displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our nursery library and from online sources we consider reliable. We will also relate those observations made of this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and in other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has additional information, particularly when they share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.