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El Aloe aristata It is a beautiful succulent or succulent non-cactus plant that will look great in any corner of the patio or balcony. In addition, due to its size it can even be had in the garden, forming part of a wonderful rockery.
Es very easy to care, so much so that to have a perfectly healthy specimen you will not have the need to complicate yourself at all.
Aloe aristata is the scientific name of a succulent plant native to South Africa It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth and published in Philopphical Magazine in October 1825. It is popularly known as a torch plant.
It is characterized by growing forming rosettes formed by triangular, leathery, dark green leaves with white dots. It reaches a height of about 20 centimeters and a diameter of 15 to 30cm. Flowers sprout in spring and are grouped into spike-shaped inflorescences.
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Its cultivation is very simple: to have your specimen healthy you have to put it in full sun or in semi-shade, with substrate -or soil, if it were in the garden- that has good drainage, water it 2 or a maximum of 3 times a week, and remember to fertilize it in spring and summer with a specific fertilizer for cacti and succulent plants following the indications specified in the product packaging.
And if you feel like it multiply itYou can do it in spring or summer in two different ways: by separating the suckers and planting them in individual pots or in other parts of the garden, or by sowing their seeds in a seedbed with universal growing substrate mixed with perlite in equal parts.
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By the way, you can have your Aloe aristata outdoors all year long if the temperature does not drop below -2ºC; otherwise, the ideal would be to protect it inside the home, in a room where a lot of natural light enters.