Plant in full sun and water occasionally to infrequently. Winter hardiness is as yet not well documented but the Ruth Bancroft Garden, which experiences mid to high 20s° F temperatures each year has protected this species in by covering it each winter. This is a beautiful aloe - In the book Aloes: The Definitive Guide this plant is described as "one of the most splendid Aloe species. With its attractive leaves and its flaming red capitate racemes, it is alos conspicuous for its longitudinal, dark-green leaf lineation, which is often accompanied by pale H-shaped spots."

Aloe ukambensis comes from the highlands of south-eastern Kenya where it grows open nearly bare outcrops of granite or gneiss from elevations between 1,700 and 4,600 feet. The name Aloe comes from ancient Greek name aloe that was derived from the Arabian word 'alloch' that was used to describe the plant or its juice that was used as medicine. This plants specific epithet denotes the occurrence of this pant in the former Ukambani District (now parts of the Kitui and Machakos districts) of Kenya. Our plants were grown from seedlings given to us in 2021 by Joe Stead, Horticulture Instructor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. The picture on this page courtesy of Tom Cole of Cold Springs Aloes in Montecito, California. 

Information displayed on this page about Aloe ukambensis 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.