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1 Outdoors only, grows weakly indoors.
2 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
3 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
4 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
5 Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
6 Indoors OK but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
7 Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
![Happy cluster in big bowl.](/images/library-a-abromeitiella-lotteae-1.abromeitiella-lotteae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer to the tight hard rosettes.](/images/library-a-abromeitiella-lotteae-2.abromeitiella-lotteae-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The flower is small, reddish and unsuitable for florists preparing for state banquets.](/images/library-a-abromeitiella-lotteae-3.abromeitiella-lotteae-oct-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Happy outside in Auckland.](/images/library-a-abromeitiella-lotteae-4.abromeitiella-lotteae-outside-27032008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small offsetting terrestrial bromeliad which clads the steep dry hills of Peru with huge tight mounds of hard spiny rosettes. Easy to grow, best in bright light. Outdoors, it thrives in well-drained location, rockery etc.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![White flowers are unusual in Adenia.](/images/library-a-adenia-digitata-1.adenia-digitata-4110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Old mama plant.](/images/library-a-adenia-firingalavensis-1.adenia-firingalavensis-1410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice in a bowl](/images/library-a-adenia-firingalavensis-2.adenia-firingalavensis-.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Preparing base for bowl culture by rerooting it.](/images/library-a-adenia-firingalavensis-3.adenia-firingalavensis-10210.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rather scarce flower.](/images/library-a-adenia-firingalavensis-4.adenia-firingalavensis-flower-251209-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rather large fruit.](/images/library-a-adenia-firingalavensis-5.adenia-firingalavensis-fruit-3110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-adenia-firingalavensis-adenia-firingalavensis-271209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare bottle-like caudiciform with an elongated variably-dimpled green caudex slowly to 50cms diam and 2m height tapering upwards into a tree-clinging vine in rocky dry Madagascan forests. The large summer leaves are lost in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Great shapes!](/images/library-a-adenia-fruticosa-1.adenia-fruticosa-mar-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-adenia-fruticosa-adenia-fruticosa-aug-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Graceful and spineless beats graceless and spitefull.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
!["You're never alone with a caudex", as they say.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-1.adenia-glauca-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Scented flowers in spring and summer.......](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-2.adenia-glauca-flowers-nov-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![......followed by pretty fruits, but with poison in the seeds.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-3.adenia-glauca-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruits amongst the tangled summer foliage.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-4.adenia-glauca.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A small platoon forms up for the long march back to Pret](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-5.adenia-glauca-in-groundbed.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Looks good in a medium-depth bowl.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-6.adenia-glauca-31012008..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The autums colour of freshly fallen leaves.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-7.adenia-glauca-autumn-leaves-25509.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one has an especially pleasing shape, hard to get them like this.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-8.adenia-glauca-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This gnarly old one has a girth of 1.68 meters at 14-5-2010.](/images/library-a-adenia-glauca-9.adenia-glauca-14510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Passionfruit Lump Plant. Large smooth tapered caudex sends up one or more vines in the summer growing season. Scented cream flowers and orange fruits with poisonous seeds. Indoors only, easy. But withhold water when leafless.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Caudex of 11.5cms girth, on a cutting.](/images/library-a-adenia-globosa-1.adenia-globosa-cutting-girth-11-5cm-in-aug-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of sweetly scented flowers.](/images/library-a-adenia-globosa-2.adenia-globosa-flowers-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Mass flowering.](/images/library-a-adenia-globosa-3.adenia-globosa-jan-07-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Size of a fullgrown spine.](/images/library-a-adenia-globosa-4.adenia-globosa-spines.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower from a spine tip, that's unusual.](/images/library-a-adenia-globosa-5.adenia-globosa-flower-from-spine-tip.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Freshly dug, cutting-grown.](/images/library-a-adenia-globosa-6.adenia-globosa-231109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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V.rare Lump Plant from tropical Africa. Fiercely spined branches grow from a spherical caudex, which forms slowly even from branch cuttings. Strongly scented cream flowers. Indoors only. Water sparingly, summer grower.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Big old plant.](/images/library-a-adenia-pechuelii-1.adenia-pechuelii-14510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In full leaf in February.](/images/library-a-adenia-pechuelii-2.adenia-pechuelii-13209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of caudex.](/images/library-a-adenia-pechuelii-3.adenia-pechuelii-14510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Here is evidence of an old rot that the plant has successfully recovered from. We didn't even know.](/images/library-a-adenia-pechuelii-4.adenia-pechuelii-17809-i.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Male flower.](/images/library-a-adenia-pechuelii-5.adenia-pechuelii-28111-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare plant from driest rocky sandy deserts of Namibia where its caudex grows to 1m diameter. Short spiky branches with small leaves in summer only. Keep dry in winter. Take photos while it is alive.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![14yo plant, very slow.](/images/library-a-adenia-repanda-1.adenia-repanda-15212-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Freeflowering caudi with bright red fruits in late autumn.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![New summer growths reach upwards for something to climb on.](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-1.adenia-spinosa-ws-119-jan-08-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unused tendrils drop their end to become spines](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-2.adenia-spinosa-tendrils-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Female flowers. Also spines.](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-3.adenia-spinosa-fl-sept-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow fruits, not as round as glauca fruits.](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-4.adenia-spinosa-fruit-dec-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fat.](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-5.adenia-spinosa-ws-118-jan-08-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tendrils before drying back to spines.](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-6.adenia-spinosa-tendrils.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Surface of caudex.](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-7.adenia-spinosa-ws-119-jan-08-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dehydrated one. Needs water!!](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-8.adenia-spinosa-dehydrated-6310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![5 weeks later, rehydrated!](/images/library-a-adenia-spinosa-9.adenia-spinosa-after-water-13410.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Vining caudiciform with a fantastic globose green caudex to 60cms diameter. Cut back vines when dormant in winter. Water when in active growth. Indoors only in NZ.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Another crimson throated warbler.](/images/library-a-adenium-boehmianum-1.adenium-boehmianum.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Larger rounder leaves than other species of Adenium.](/images/library-a-adenium-boehmianum-2.adenium-boehmianum-5408.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Erect growing.](/images/library-a-adenium-boehmianum-3.adenium-boehmianum-dec-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young ones.](/images/library-a-adenium-boehmianum-4.adenium-boehmianum-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rarely offered species from Namibia and Angola that slowly grows a tall thick trunk. Large leathery leaves followed by soft pink flowers with a dark red throat. Indoors only in bright light. Good drainage essential. Very dormant in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Multiflorum has lovely flowers.](/images/library-a-adenium-multiflorum-1.adenium-multiflorum-fl-feb-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note that few or no leaves are present at flowering time.](/images/library-a-adenium-multiflorum-2.adenium-multiflorum-fl-aug-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A crinkled edge is common.](/images/library-a-adenium-multiflorum-3.adenium-multiflorum-dec-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Great bonsai material, given a few more years.](/images/library-a-adenium-multiflorum-4.adenium-multiflorum-feb-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dainty flower with a distinct red edge to the petals.](/images/library-a-adenium-multiflorum-5.adenium-multiflorum-fl-sept-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Impala Lily. Differs from A.obesum: daintier flowers when still leafless in spring. As with obesum, the trunk base becomes a swollen wonder. Delicate plant, avoid cold or waterlogged soil, esp. in winter. Indoors only. Watch for insects.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Nice combo of flowers and form.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-1.adenium-obesum-241209-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one was grown over a buried rock for several years, through judicious watering achieving the Trickle Down effect, then the rock was slowly revealed. The roots follow the rock shape exactly.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-10.adenium-obesum-bonsai-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![One sneeze and these are gone.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-11.adenium-obesum-seeds-51209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Not as showy as the new hybrids but a pretty flower nevertheless.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-2.adenium-obesum-fl-dec-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![About 25 years old.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-3.adenium-obesum-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This is the muscular form, referring to the strong roots (not the struggling greenhouse assistant).](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-4.adenium-obesum-241209-f.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Much prettier picture.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-5.adenium-obesum-241209-g.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Mike's plant had a major rot consuming it. We scooped out the rotting flesh....](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-6.adenium-obesum-mikes-repair-job-4110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....then we painted the exposed flesh with Bacseal.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-7.adenium-obesum-mikes-repair-job-4110-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two weeks later it was potted up, and now it has an attractive sculpted grotto.....](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-8.adenium-obesum-after-rot-30410-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![...... large enough to shelter a hobo matchbox on a rainy night.](/images/library-a-adenium-obesum-9.adenium-obesum-after-rot-30410-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Desert Rose. Floriferous fattie. Lots of showy pink flowers and the trunk base becomes a swollen wonder. Delicate plant, avoid cold or waterlogged soil, esp. in winter. Indoors only. Watch for insects.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![White trunk and twisted roots and slow growth suggest the bonsai treatment.](/images/library-a-adenium-oleifolium-1.adenium-oleifolium-dec-04pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Pretty small pink flowers.](/images/library-a-adenium-oleifolium-2.adenium-oleifolium-10109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Narrow upward downy leaves on thin branches from a fat gnarly raiseable base. Bright pink flowers in summer, dormant and leafless in winter. Slowgrowing species very much suited to a bonsai presentation.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![These are clonally produced from the true parent, so will flower true to name, unlike other 'named' hybrids which are bogus, being from seed from a hybrid parent.](/images/library-a-adenium-red-robin-1.adenium-red-robin-3113-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower and furled flower buds.](/images/library-a-adenium-red-robin-2.adenium-red-robin-121109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Pair of nice plants.](/images/library-a-adenium-red-robin-3.adenium-red-robin-31108-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Freak flower with 4 petals.](/images/library-a-adenium-red-robin-4.adenium-red-robin-four-petals-27112008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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New hybrid with stunning vivid red flowers. Typical swollen trunk base. Delicate plant, avoid cold or waterlogged soil, esp. in winter. Indoors only. Watch for insects.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Young plants.](/images/library-a-adenium-socotranum-1.adenium-socotranum-29310-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Probably the most sexy plant on the planet! Wonderful large fatty from Socotra.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Adenium somalense](/images/library-a-adenium-somalense-1.adenium-somalense-17110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Species info not ready at time of printing.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Large fullcolour flowers on a plant that needs max light to prevent legginess.](/images/library-a-adenium-swazicum-1.adenium-swazicum-fl-feb-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sometimes the longer branches become too heavy for their strength. If they sag some pruning is in order.](/images/library-a-adenium-swazicum-2.adenium-swazicum-22311-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Considered by some as a subspecies of A. obesum, this South African plant differs mainly in its larger, attractive solid pink flowers and slightly fuzzy leaves. Easy to grow, but indoors only in bright light. Keep dry in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Leaf edge is wavy like a crimped-pastry samosa. The flavour is all wrong however.](/images/library-a-adromischus-cristatus-clavifolius-1.adromischus-cristatus-clavifolius-51209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Samosa Leaf Plant. South African miniature. Windowsill plant. Delicate, handle with care or leaves will break off (at least they grow from a leaf). Keep on the dry side in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![New leaves are very white.](/images/library-a-adromischus-leucophyllus-1.adromischus-leucophyllus-2510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Delicate inflorescence.](/images/library-a-adromischus-leucophyllus-2.adromischus-leucophyllus-2510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Anne's excellent specimen.](/images/library-a-adromischus-leucophyllus-3.adromischus-leucophyllus-20911-gorakhs.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Miniature windowsill plant. Crevice dweller suits a small bonsai presentation in a shallow pot with sandy potting mix. Give brightest light for best leaf colours, but don't cook roots when pot overheats. Keep on the dry side in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Big old plant, maybe 15 years?](/images/library-a-adromischus-maculatus-1.adromischus-maculatus-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Mottled leaves get redder in bright light.](/images/library-a-adromischus-maculatus-2.adromischus-maculatus.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Choice miniature forming eventually a low massive raft bottom. Give brightest light for best red colours in leaf. Needs excellent drainage, and air movement. Remove old flowerstalks to avoid rotting.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Adromischus marianiae 'antidorcadum' (alveolatus) pic3](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-antidorcadum-alveolatus-1.adromischus-marianiae-antidorcadum-alveolatus-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Miniature plant.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![This is what it looks like.](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-bryan-makin-1.adromischus-marianiae-bryan-makin-19511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Miniature windowsill plant. Crevice dweller suits a small bonsai presentation in a shallow pot with sandy potting mix. Give brightest light for best leaf colours, but don't cook roots when pot overheats. Keep on the dry side in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![A squirrel could use this leaf as a sanding block to polish his nuts.](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-herrei-green-1.adromischus-marianiae-herrei-green-27510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Short relatively dense racemes.](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-herrei-green-2.adromischus-marianiae-herrei-green-22310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small dull-green fat textured leaves. Crevice dweller suits a small bonsai presentation in a shallow pot with sandy mix. Give brightest light for best leaf colours, but don't cook roots when pot overheats. Keep on the dry side in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Glossy red-pustuled darling.](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-herrei-red-1.adromischus-marianiae-herrei-red-27510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Redder in bright light.](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-herrei-red-2.adromischus-marianiae-herrei-red-121109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small red pustuled darling. Crevice dweller suits a small bonsai presentation in a shallow pot with sandy potting mix. Give brightest light for best leaf colours, but don't cook roots when pot overheats. Keep on the dry side in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Red edge on chubby grey leaves.](/images/library-a-adromischus-marianiae-van-rhyns-pass-1.adromischus-marianiae-van-rhyns-pass-101209-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Miniature windowsill plant. Crevice dweller suits a small bonsai presentation in a shallow pot with sandy potting mix. Give brightest light for best leaf colours, but don't cook roots when pot overheats. Keep on the dry side in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Spotted upright leaves redden more in intense light.](/images/library-a-adromischus-schuldtianus-1.adromischus-schuldtianus-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Eventually knobby rafts hold several rosettes. Photo of product.](/images/library-a-adromischus-schuldtianus-2.adromischus-schuldtianus.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Another miniature plant for fans of army camouflage. Red-spotted leaves in dense rosettes to about 12cm across. Small tubular flowers in summer. Indoors only, in very bright light. Keep dry in winter.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![True miniature: mature-looking rosette not even filling a 7cm pot.](/images/library-a-adromischus-umbraticola-1.adromischus-umbraticola-rl-70262-oct-04-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Even the flowers are miniaturised!](/images/library-a-adromischus-umbraticola-2.adromischus-umbraticola-rl-70262-fl-jan-04-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Miniature, with spotted leaves on short branches from a broad raft bottom. Tiny red-throated white flowers. Easy indoor plant. Needs excellent drainage, and no water in winter.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![These pretty leaves are stiff and fierce in actual fact.](/images/library-a-aechmea-ornata-variegated-1.aechmea-ornata-variegated-ws109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bright red bracts and colourful flowers.](/images/library-a-aechmea-ornata-variegated-2.aechmea-ornata-variegated-aug-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tough subject in the garden.](/images/library-a-aechmea-ornata-variegated-3.aechmea-ornata-variegated-171010-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers.](/images/library-a-aechmea-ornata-variegated-4.aechmea-ornata-variegated-fl-sept-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Brazilian bromeliad with fiercely tipped variegated leaves. Handsome symmetrical rosettes to 60 cm diameter, later offsetting. Easy to grow, in bright garden position or pot.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Grey and red tones and suits bright light with succulents.](/images/library-a-aechmea-pineliana-1.aechmea-pineliana-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This bromeliad has narrow vases and reddish grey leaves. Prefers a sunny position
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Spectacular species with huge glossy rosettes and huge flower panicles.](/images/library-a-aeonium-manriqueorum-1.aeonium-manriqueorum-oct-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers closer view.](/images/library-a-aeonium-manriqueorum-2.aeonium-manriqueorum-flowers-oct-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An earlier flowering of the plant in pic 1.](/images/library-a-aeonium-manriqueorum-3.aeonium-manriqueorum-oct-03-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Vigorous garden shrub to 1.5 m+. Numerous large concave deep green rosettes, rapidly providing a backdrop in the succulent garden. Bright yellow flowers massed in huge pyramidal racemes. Easy and fast.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Strong thin woody branches suit a bonsai style presentation.](/images/library-a-aeonium-sedifolium-1.aeonium-sedifolium-11912-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Miniature cliffdweller from Canary Islands. Needs brightest light to retain the colour in its leaves. Stresses to lovely orange tones with red stripes. Suits bonsai treatment. OK outdoors.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Best rapid space-filler in the succulent repertoire!](/images/library-a-aeonium-subplanum-hybrid-1.aeonium-subplanum-hybrid-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Massed flowering doesn't happen EVERY year.](/images/library-a-aeonium-subplanum-hybrid-2.aeonium-subplanum-hybrid-flowering-dec-03-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Individual rosettes have a layered and spiralled charm.](/images/library-a-aeonium-subplanum-hybrid-3.aeonium-subplanum-hybrid-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Vigorous garden shrub to 1m+. Numerous large flat bright green rosettes, rapidly providing filler in the new succulent garden. Cream flowers massed in pyramidal racemes. Easy and fast.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Happy in a 25cm bowl, especially in part-shade.](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-1.aeonium-tabulaeforme-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A.tabulaeforme about to collide with the edge of a 20cm pot. Plant higher next time!](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-2.aeonium-tabulaeforme-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dainty flowers on treelike terminal inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-3.aeonium-tabulaeforme-fl-feb-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A Biro about to be smothered and consumed.](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-4.aeonium-tabulaeforme-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This pic shows about how flat is a maggot.](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-5.aeonium-tabulaeforme-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Crested specimen.](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-6.aeonium-tabulaeforme-crest.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering crest.](/images/library-a-aeonium-tabulaeforme-7.aeonium-tabulaeforme-infl-crest-jan-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Apple green and flat as a maggot this Canary Island cliffdweller forms a mandala-like rosette to 30cm across. Terminal spike of yellow flowers. Prefers shade and cool roots. OK outdoors.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Flowers are spectacular.](/images/library-a-aeonium-zwartkop-1.aeonium-zwartkop-fl-aug-07-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flower ball.](/images/library-a-aeonium-zwartkop-2.aeonium-zwartkop-fl-aug-07-5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Zwart means black, kop means head.](/images/library-a-aeonium-zwartkop-3.aeonium-zwartkop-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A bushy plant to 1m x 1m. Nearly black leaves contrast with racemes of golden yellow flowers. For pot or ground, in brightest light. (Sometimes, but wrongly, spelt 'Schwarzkopf').
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![About to flower at 20 years old.](/images/library-a-agave-albescens-1.agave-albescens-3613-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A more spiny example.](/images/library-a-agave-albescens-2.agave-albescens-july-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Here's the giveaway that it is about to flower: note the lesser teeth on the emerging leaf and its slightly narrower shape?](/images/library-a-agave-albescens-3.agave-albescens-11513-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plants in greenhouse were very white.](/images/library-a-agave-albescens-4.agave-albescens.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful whitish or bluish solitary rosette to 1m diameter. From Cuba and rare in cultivation.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Our product in a 20cm pot.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-mediopicta-alba-1.agave-americana-mediopicta-alba.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This is a mushroom tray with a number of small plants becoming big plants.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-mediopicta-alba-2.agave-americana-mediopicta-alba-181110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Rare and beautiful cultivar with a striking white band in the middle of the leaf. Excellent outdoor specimen, grows to only a meter or so across. Very tolerant of salt, wind, poor soil, neglect etc.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Note the yellow markings are variably invaded by green in this form.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-painted-yellow-1.agave-americana-painted-yellow-ws-125-above.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Some have more pastel muted colouring.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-painted-yellow-2.agave-americana-painted-yellow-ws-125-front.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Mute button is off.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-painted-yellow-3.agave-americana-painted-yellow-ws-126-front.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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New and unusual colour form! Leaves grey with streaks and stripes of pastel yellow on this cultivar. Easy and fast outdoor specimen, grows to 2 metres or so across. Very tolerant of salt, wind, poor soil, neglect etc.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Yellow edges catching the sun nicely.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-variegated-yellow-edge-1.agave-americana-variegated-yellow-edge-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Larger product at the nursery.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-variegated-yellow-edge-2.agave-americana-variegated-yellow-edge-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Biggest one ever seen, in Sumner, Christchurch.](/images/library-a-agave-americana-variegated-yellow-edge-3.agave-americana-variegated-yellow-edge.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Leaves grey with striking yellow edge on this cultivar. Easy and fast outdoor specimen, grows to 2 metres or so across. Very tolerant of salt, wind, poor soil, neglect etc.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![This 2m plant needs long arms to handle it.](/images/library-a-agave-angustifolia-variegated-1.agave-angustifolia-variegated-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A tough doer in an outdoor situation.](/images/library-a-agave-angustifolia-variegated-2.agave-angustifolia-variegated-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Some of our larger product.](/images/library-a-agave-angustifolia-variegated-3.agave-angustifolia-variegated-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The two tones and play of light bedazzles the eye.](/images/library-a-agave-angustifolia-variegated-4.agave-angustifolia-variegated.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Beautiful cultivar with striking white edges on the leaves. Excellent outdoor specimen, grows to 1.5m diam. with a short trunk. Very tolerant of salt, wind, poor soil, neglect etc.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Not a very flattering photo.](/images/library-a-agave-arizonica-1.agave-arizonica-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Highly endangered in Arizona (Cites 1). 40cm rosette with straight sharp leaves with tiny teeth. Offsets slowly to form a small cluster in time. Hardy in dry outdoor conditions.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Clean heavy deep green leaves.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-1.agave-atrovirens-colin-bridge-garden.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A truly massive flowering performance!!](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-10.agave-atrovirens-6909.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Emerging inflorescence is so large and fat that it's scary.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-2.agave-atrovirens-6109-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view. If you look hard you can see a tiny supplementary inflorescence!!](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-3.agave-atrovirens-subsidiary-inflorescence.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This will soon dwarf the other agave inflorescences around it.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-4.agave-atrovirens-6109-b.agave-atrovirens-6109-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Transpower asked us to cut 2 metres off the top before it disabled Auckland's power supply. Suman did the job with aplomb.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-5.agave-atrovirens-suman-261210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The flowers.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-6.agave-atrovirens-flowers-27110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rosettes formed on the inflorescence, as well as viable seeds.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-7.agave-atrovirens-281210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of healthy rosettes which grew to 20cm diameter at least.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-8.agave-atrovirens-bulbils-31510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Plant when younger.](/images/library-a-agave-atrovirens-9.agave-atrovirens-nov-02.agave-atrovirens-nov-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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(At least we THINK it is atrovirens). Colossal rosette to 5m+ diameter. V.fast grower with dark green leaves and power-pole-like peduncle.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Huge rosette growing in Epsom volcanic soil.](/images/library-a-agave-attenuata-1.agave-attenuata-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The vertical look is achieved by vigilance, dont let the leaning begin!](/images/library-a-agave-attenuata-2.agave-attenuata-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![But leaning towards the viewer works well in some situations.](/images/library-a-agave-attenuata-3.agave-attenuata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The action part of the huge arching inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-attenuata-4.agave-attenuata-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![We often stock this sort of grade.](/images/library-a-agave-attenuata-5.agave-attenuata-pic8.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A very user friendly Agave with soft, spineless leaves; great for the Mediteranean look. Forms large rosettes to 1.5 meters across with numerous offsets around the base. Tolerates light frosts only.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A beautiful uncommonly grown species.](/images/library-a-agave-avellanidens-1.agave-avellanidens-762006.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Caspar, world champion Agave Wrestler, about to tackle "The One Who Rips and Tears".](/images/library-a-agave-avellanidens-2.agave-avellanidens--caspar-18032008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Literally "teeth that rip and tear". Fierce but incredibly graceful Agave for large pot or warm garden. To 90 cm diameter, and slowly offsetting.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A large and handsome plant.](/images/library-a-agave-big-smoothy-1.agave-big-smoothy-27110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The Twin Sisters of Te Moehau in the far background.](/images/library-a-agave-big-smoothy-2.agave-big-smoothy-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The biggest we have grown.](/images/library-a-agave-big-smoothy-3.agave-big-smoothy-27110-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The original plant, a sucker from which began our stock of 'Big Smoothy'.](/images/library-a-agave-big-smoothy-4.agave-big-smoothy.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful landscaping species with smooth-edged arching light blue-green leaves on a rosette eventually to 2m plus diameter. Easy outdoors, always seems to look good, and not dangerous to people.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Showiest Agave flowers I know of.](/images/library-a-agave-bovicornuta-1.agave-bovicornuta-flowers-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Red teeth and good bud imprints.](/images/library-a-agave-bovicornuta-2.agave-bovicornuta-bud-imprint.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Cow-horn Agave. Solitary green rosette to 2 meters diameter with attractive complex teeth on leaf margins. Massive inflorescence to 7 meters with abundant yellow flowers. OK outdoors, tolerates light frosts.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Graceful spineless rosette. It will offset later.](/images/library-a-agave-bracteosa-1.agave-bracteosa-12810-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Graceful spineless rosettes to 80cm. Offsets with age. Stunning 2 meter inflorescence forms a huge white bottle-brush of flowers. Does not die after flowering. OK outdoors in frost-free, well-drained area.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Broad unthick leaves make a medium sized rosette.](/images/library-a-agave-colorata-1.agave-colorata-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bud imprints are a feature.](/images/library-a-agave-colorata-2.agave-colorata-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Red awn, nice photo by Tim.](/images/library-a-agave-colorata-3.agave-colorata-awn.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Deep grey blue colours and fiercesome teeth.](/images/library-a-agave-colorata-4.agave-colorata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Beautiful medium sized offsetting Agave from Sonora, Mexico. Eventually gets to around 75cm across. Easy outdoors in well drained sunny position. Flower spike to 3 meters high with dense yellow flowers.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Nice rosette even when only 30cms diameter.](/images/library-a-agave-cupreata-1.agave-cupreata-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dancing red teeth are a feature.](/images/library-a-agave-cupreata-2.agave-cupreata-teeth.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plants jostling for attention.](/images/library-a-agave-cupreata-3.agave-cupreata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Solitary Mexican species to 1 meter across. Strong, sharp, interestingly shaped copper coloured teeth, shiny green leaves and strong bud imprints make this an attractive plant. OK outdoors in frost free area.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A charming small Agave, suits a nice pot.](/images/library-a-agave-dancing-teeth-1.agave-dancing-teeth.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Separated from Agave sp. FO 76, having more leaves which are more pointed, glaucous & without midstripe, on a smaller rosette with numerous and smaller white teeth. Easy in pot or garden.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Beautiful fierce whitish rosettes.](/images/library-a-agave-dasylirioides-1.agave-dasylirioides-29082009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unusual arching red inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-dasylirioides-2.agave-dasylirioides-9610-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers.](/images/library-a-agave-dasylirioides-3.agave-dasylirioides-fl-feb-07-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare Mexican. Lovely whitish-green leaves with sharp tips. Easy to grow outdoors in the ground or in a big pot. Tolerant of light frosts. Sun or semi-shade.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Agave decipiens will eventually grow to 2 metres plus, with a stout trunk.](/images/library-a-agave-decipiens-1.agave-decipiens.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Bold, upright, and eventually trunk-forming with deep green leaves. Fierce native of Florida. In rich soil it will reach 3m ht x 1m diam., much smaller if impoverished, or kept as a pot subject.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![An elegant whitish species.](/images/library-a-agave-deserti-1.agave-deserti-ws-052-front-view.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view of leaves.](/images/library-a-agave-deserti-2.agave-deserti-ws-052-close-view.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rosettes to 60cm diameter, with glaucous thick rigid leaves upmarketly upswept. Apparently among the more edible of the Agaves (to the Indians of the northern Baja Peninsula). Let us know how you went. Untried outdoors.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Extremely handsome in a pot.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-1.agave-ferdinandiregis-ws85.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of paint job.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-2.agave-ferdinandiregis-ws85-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![After many years will flower at about this size.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-3.agave-ferdinandiregis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescence is tall and terminal.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-4.agave-ferdinandiregis-inflorescence-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of the action end of emerging inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-5.agave-ferdinandiregis-inflorescence.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shiny black sculptured awns are unique to this species.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-6.agave-ferdinandiregis-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Doing well in the garden.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-7.agave-ferdinandiregis-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one is large enough to flower soon.](/images/library-a-agave-ferdinandiregis-8.agave-ferdinandiregis-ws-040-above.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Spain's answer to victoria-reginae, (although now considered a variant of the latter). However it is distinctive and superb. Fewer leaves but better paint job and huge black sculptured awns. 60cm rosette for well-drained, sunny position.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Exquisitely filiferating.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-1.agave-geminiflora-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two tall thin inflorescences at Auckland Botanic Gardens.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-2.agave-geminiflora-bot-gardens-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Great species in a rockery.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-3.agave-geminiflora-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Mexican fine flexible-leaved rosette to 60 cms diameter. Curling white filaments are a variable visual feast. Easy to grow outdoors in the ground or in a big pot. Tolerant of light frosts. Sun or semi-shade.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Rosette to 1.5m diameter.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-1.agave-geminiflora-large-form-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big plant "cleaned up" by fire.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-10.agave-geminiflora-burnt-trunk-7410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescence seems to be less straight than the smaller form (flexuous).](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-2.agave-geminiflora-large-form-aug-05-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescences are a bit random in height and shape.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-3.agave-geminiflora-large-form-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A shorter inflorescence. Background plant is Agave atrovirens q.v.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-4.agave-geminiflora-large-form-fl-jul-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-5.agave-geminiflora-large-form-fl-jul-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers fully active.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-6.agave-geminiflora-large-form-flowers-may-04-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-7.agave-geminiflora-large-form-flowers-may-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big potted examples.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-8.agave-geminiflora-large-form.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Donna trimming up a full sized rosette.](/images/library-a-agave-geminiflora-large-form-9.agave-geminiflora-large-form-donna.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This form ("sp Lau") has a larger rosette to 1.5 m diameter. Leaves are not so straight, less stiff, and have less curling white filaments. Easy to grow outdoors in the ground or in a big pot. Tolerant of light frosts. Sun or semi-shade.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Variable species, this is a particularly nice young example.](/images/library-a-agave-guadalajarana-1.agave-guadalajarana-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Pronounced wardal a hararna. Beautiful compact light grey rosette to 50cm diam. Seldom offsetting. Attractive mammillate leaf margins. Bright light needed. Mexico 5000 ft, so outdoors OK.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Lovely broad whitish leaves make this a very special plant.](/images/library-a-agave-guiengola-1.agave-guiengola.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Scarcely armed white glaucous rosettes to 60cm diameter. OK outdoors but we suspect not frost-hardy. Comes from a very restricted limestone region in Mexico.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Already offsetting in a 12cm pot!](/images/library-a-agave-isthmensis-1.agave-isthmensis-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Trayfull about to offset.](/images/library-a-agave-isthmensis-2.agave-isthmensis--pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Little-known miniature Agave with very broad leaves between which appear the axillary offsets. The rosettes grow to only 10cm diameter. Suited for indoors or patios or in mild areas in the rockery.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Fierce, stemmed Agave.](/images/library-a-agave-karwinskii-1.agave-karwinskii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fierce rosette to 60cm diameter, later forming a trunk clothed in sharp, narrow persisting leaves, toothed on the margins. Tough and easy in the garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A particularly fine Agave, with strong thick black awns.](/images/library-a-agave-macroacantha-1.agave-macroacantha-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Larger plant, offsetting.](/images/library-a-agave-macroacantha-2.agave-macroacantha-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large perfect rosette.](/images/library-a-agave-macroacantha-3.agave-macroacantha-5810.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors in an Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-agave-macroacantha-4.agave-macroacantha-30012006.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Handsome Mexican species usually to 45cm diameter, later offsetting. Leaves blacktipped and variable in width. OK outdoors given a bright and well-drained position. Probably tolerates at least mild frosts.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
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Absolutely fiercesome ball of stiff narrow leaves very slowly becoming trunked. One of the few trunked Agaves!
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![They often look redder than this one.](/images/library-a-agave-nizandensis-1.agave-nizandensis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Soft, brittle yet rubbery leaves (impossible?) on sparse flat rosette to 50cm. Leaf stresses up v.red, but has pale mid-stripe. Unusual Agave in that it is unarmed and not closely related to any other.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Poor photo, sorry about that, we will do a better one soon!](/images/library-a-agave-ocahui-1.agave-ocahui-30072008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Attractive compact solitary rosette of dark green toothless leaves, eventually to 1 meter across. Excellent garden plant for well drained sunny spot and will take at least a light frost.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Many straight stiff leaves without teeth.](/images/library-a-agave-ocahui-longifolia-1.agave-ocahui-longifolia-5082009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Symmetrical sphere of sharpness.](/images/library-a-agave-ocahui-longifolia-2.agave-ocahui-longifolia-15022008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Large solitary rosette of dark green toothless leaves, to about 1 meter across. Excellent garden plant for well drained sunny spot and will take at least a light frost.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Easy and always handsome medium sized Agave for the garden.](/images/library-a-agave-parryi-huachucensis-1.agave-parryi-huachucensis-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Tight and handsome rosette (to 60cm diameter) of broad black-tipped leaves. Suits patio tub or garden. Frost-hardy. Watch for scale insects. Eventually offsets.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Small one.](/images/library-a-agave-parviflora-1.agave-parviflora-10909-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Full-sized example.](/images/library-a-agave-parviflora-2.agave-parviflora-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautifully white marked tiny Agave, eventually to 20cm across with few offsets. From Arizona and Mexico. Grow in brightest light for compact growth and best markings. OK outdoors in well drained position in full sun.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Toothage on leafedge.](/images/library-a-agave-peacockii-1.agave-peacocki-leaf-13022008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Our mail order product on 29-7-08.](/images/library-a-agave-peacockii-2.agave-peacockii-29072008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Rare species from Mexico, bearing unusually large and attractive teeth. Possibly a naturally ocurring hybrid of Agave kerchovei and marmorata. OK outdoors in a sunny well-drained area.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Delicate and pink flowers set this choice Agave apart.](/images/library-a-agave-polianthiflora-1.agave-polianthiflora-fl-dec-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The small rosette is almost indistinguishable from A.parviflora when not in flower.](/images/library-a-agave-polianthiflora-2.agave-polianthiflora-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The lower end of an inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-polianthiflora-3.agave-polianthiflora-9610.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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![The inflorescence reaches about 2m in height.](/images/library-a-agave-polianthiflora-5.agave-polianthiflora-61209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This colouration is due to underpottedness. Needs a kinder owner.](/images/library-a-agave-polianthiflora-6.agave-polianthiflora-stressed.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Miniature from Mexico with beautiful white markings, about 20cm across at maturity. Easily confused with A. parviflora & toumeyana bella, but it has unusual bright pink flowers. Offsets slowly to form a small cluster. Hardy in dry outdoor conditions.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Large heavy wide whitish leaves with exciting teeth.](/images/library-a-agave-potatorum-1.agave-potatorum-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Offsetting whitey-glaucous rosette to 80cm. Broad leaves have crenulate edges with mammillate prominences, good in silhouette. Easy and OK outdoors, or in a pot.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![The pattern on the back of leaves is known as 'bud-imprinting', very nice.](/images/library-a-agave-pygmae-1.agave-pygmae-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This clone has fewer, larger leaves.](/images/library-a-agave-pygmae-2.agave-pygmae-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Offsetting like crazy in a (hidden) 20cm pot.](/images/library-a-agave-pygmae-3.agave-pygmae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Handsome rosette to 30cm diameter of blue-grey leaves with attractive bud imprints. Eventually offsets. Suits patio tub or garden. Easy plant, tolerates light frost.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Nicely planted group in the Auckland Botanic garden](/images/library-a-agave-scabra-1.agave-scabra.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Agave scabra zarcensis form.](/images/library-a-agave-scabra-2.agave-scabra-zarcensis-20022008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful blue leaved Agave from Texas & Mexico. Offsets freely and may reach 1.8 m. across after many years. Leaves have a sinuous sinusoidal sexiness. Suitable for hot, dry well drained gardens.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Beautiful species.](/images/library-a-agave-schidigera-1.agave-schidigera.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Easy to grow landscaping plant similar to Agave filifera but a longer leaf with thicker and more schidigerous filifers. Rosette to 60cm+. Schidigerously groovy plant for the dry garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Very variable species, as you will see in the following pictures.](/images/library-a-agave-sp-fo-76-1.agave-sp-fo-76-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Emerging inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-sp-fo-76-2.agave-sp-fo-76-26410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tip of emerging inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-sp-fo-76-3.agave-sp-fo-76-26410-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Probably a non-blue form of A.titanota. Colourful chunky 70cm rosette, plus offsets. Large ‘claspy’ spines coloured white to brown and a darker central leaf band. Does well outdoors or in a rockery.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Stunning small to medium plant, with white continuous horny margins and interesting teeth.](/images/library-a-agave-splendens-1.agave-splendens.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Full size, at about 70 cms diameter.](/images/library-a-agave-splendens-2.agave-splendens-151112-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower buds.](/images/library-a-agave-splendens-3.agave-splendens-151112-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Related to A.lophantha but probably inseparable from A.xylonacantha this handsome form has a white corneous leaf margin with attractive teeth on a medium rosette of green sometimes mid-striped leaves. To 90 cm diam.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Very whitish and handsome species.](/images/library-a-agave-sp-rio-verde-1.agave-sp-rio-verde-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![About as large as we have grown this species.](/images/library-a-agave-sp-rio-verde-2.agave-sp-rio-verde-22052009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Super whitey-grey rosette about which we know very little as yet, beyond its obvious beauty. Size to about 50cm perhaps. Give it a protected brightest light position to be safe, or test it in an exposed position.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Many sharp needle-like leaves to 60cm eventually radiate almost spherically.](/images/library-a-agave-stricta-1.agave-stricta-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Some are bluer than others.](/images/library-a-agave-stricta-2.agave-stricta-blue-form.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Developing head of the inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-stricta-3.agave-stricta-nov-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Many sharp needle-like leaves to 60cm eventually radiate almost spherically. Some are bluer than others. Handle with care and keep clear of children, except naughty children. OK outdoors in tub or garden.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Very cute plant in a 17cm bowl.](/images/library-a-agave-stricta-miniature-1.agave-stricta-miniature-9910.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Seedpods on a relatively short and lightly built peduncle.](/images/library-a-agave-stricta-miniature-2.agave-stricta-miniature-w-seedpods-5311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Cute many-leafed miniature form of A.stricta, growing to only a little bit in diameter compared to bigger ones. Especially good for cats which like to sit on your plants. Good outdoors in Mexico. Possibly here also if drained +++.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A stunning blue at this size.](/images/library-a-agave-titanota-1.agave-titanota-24911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Not quite as nice, but they have a way of getting wider, bluer leaves with better teeth as the rosette increases in size.](/images/library-a-agave-titanota-2.agave-titanota.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variable species, this one has narrower leaves.](/images/library-a-agave-titanota-3.agave-titanota-8112-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Crinkled awn.](/images/library-a-agave-titanota-4.agave-titanota-8112-e.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Teeth of a celebrity.](/images/library-a-agave-titanota-5.agave-titanota-8112-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fat, claspy teeth on this one.](/images/library-a-agave-titanota-6.agave-titanota-8072008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fascinating rosettes to 90cms, later offsetting, bearing heavy more or less claspy teeth. FO 72 is a greener form, our latest are from the type locality, Rancho Tambor, Mexico where the colour is bluer and sometimes whitish. Needs to be grown hard, in full sun, to develop the good colours that makes this form so attractive. Easy species for garden, and tolerates frost.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Very attractive form.](/images/library-a-agave-toothless-wonder-1.agave-utahensis-nevadensis-toothless-wonder-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Would be completely harmless if it wasn't for the awn. ;-)](/images/library-a-agave-toothless-wonder-2.agave-utahensis-nevadensis-toothless-wonder-ws-136-front.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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As gorgeous as an Agave can get, this solitary rosette will have rigid leaves to 25cm with grey/blue leaf colours and a smooth and toothless leaf edge. Cold hardy but best indoors in NZ (because our winters are wet).
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Doing fine outdoors.](/images/library-a-agave-toumeyana-bella-1.agave-toumeyana-bella.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Miniature from Arizona with beautiful white markings, about 20cm across at maturity. Offsets slowly to form a small cluster in time. Similar to A. parviflora & polianthiflora. Hardy in dry outdoor conditions.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![In our EFS display about 2001.](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-1.agave-utahensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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There are 4 varieties of the species utahensis, each of which shows great variability. Rigid leaves to 250mm with grey/blue leaf colours and varied spine shapes and colours. Cold hardy but best indoors in NZ.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![These awns are now about 10 cms long!](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-eborispina-1.agave-utahensis-eborispina-pic4.agave-utahensis-eborispina-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plant.](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-eborispina-2.agave-utahensis-eborispina-23411-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shows the crinkly teeth. The awn can be crinkly too.](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-eborispina-3.agave-utahensis-eborispina-16062008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![You couldn't yawn at this awn.](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-eborispina-4.agave-utahensis-eborispina-51209.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Handsome erect plant.](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-eborispina-5.agave-utahensis-eborispina-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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An extreme form of utahensis, with stiff leaves to 250mm with a startling white awn (i.e. end spine) theoretically to as long as 20cm. Teeth larger and crooked in this form.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Typical of this form.](/images/library-a-agave-utahensis-nevadensis-1.agave-utahensis-nevadensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
There are 4 varieties of the species utahensis, each of which shows great variability. Rigid leaves to 250mm with grey/blue leaf colours and varied spine shapes and colours. Cold hardy but best indoors in NZ.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![At about 30cm diameter.](/images/library-a-agave-victoriaereginae-1.agave-victoriaereginae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In 15cm pot.](/images/library-a-agave-victoriaereginae-2.agave-victoriaereginae-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Perfectly happy in a well-drained bed.](/images/library-a-agave-victoriaereginae-3.agave-victoriaereginae-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescence.](/images/library-a-agave-victoriaereginae-4.agave-victoriaereginae-fl-jan-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Attractive white lines enhance this excellent rosette plant for a well-drained, sunny position. Very variable, most forms growing slowly to 40cm diameter. Named in honour of Queen Victoria.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Young leaves are twisted and corkscrewed.](/images/library-a-albuca-sp-cc5129-1.albuca-sp-cc5129-30410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Mass flowering in tray outdoors. Easy to grow.](/images/library-a-albuca-sp-cc5129-2.albuca-sp-cc5129-16092008-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close-up of flower.](/images/library-a-albuca-sp-cc5129-3.albuca-sp-cc5129-5092008-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unusual bulb from South Africa with thin semi-succulent leaves that are often coiled like a spring. Scented yellow flowers from winter to spring. Dormant and leafless in summer. Good in pot or sunny garden.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![New leaves every autumn.](/images/library-a-albuca-spiralis-1.albuca-spiralis-23210.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-albuca-spiralis-2.albuca-spiralis-15212-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare even in succulentophile circles, but easy to grow, just allow it to go dormant for summer and it will come corkscrewing out of the ground again in Autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Finely pubescent grey-green stems form a much-branched bush.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-dumosa-1.alluaudia-dumosa-51209-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young branches have soon-to-be dropped leaves.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-dumosa-2.alluaudia-dumosa-51209-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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SE Madagascar. Eventually treelike to 6m, but initially a bush of naked smooth erect fuzzy grey branches with a few minute black spines. Indoors, in bright light, but worth trying outdoors in sheltered raised position in mild areas.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Spiny, elegant, fascinating.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-1.alluaudia-procera.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Vertical leaves all the way down to ground level.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-2.alluaudia-procera-ws-026-close.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note that the first year leaves are horizontally disposed.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-3.alluaudia-procera-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The base of the former Sandy Bay plant which was 5m tall when cut.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-4.alluaudia-procera-ws-026-height.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![3.3m outdoors in our (now gone) display garden. this one now lives in a pot.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-5.alluaudia-procera-tygb-61210.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big old plant holding its leaves in July (mid-winter).](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-6.alluaudia-procera-1712-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![If top gets damaged, cut it off and you will get lovely new tips.](/images/library-a-alluaudia-procera-7.alluaudia-procera-ws-026-tip.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Spiny columnar lemur ladders to 15m high. Small succulent leaves are vertical on old growth and horizontal on new growth, dropping off in winter. Easy potplant but outdoors only in perfect free-draining location.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Flowering plant at 90cm. diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-aculeata-1.aloe-aculeata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![White bases on the thorns distinguish this Aloe.](/images/library-a-aloe-aculeata-2.aloe-aculeata-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Happy in an Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-aculeata-3.aloe-aculeata-july-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Buds very like Aloe ferox.....](/images/library-a-aloe-aculeata-4.aloe-aculeata-raceme-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....but the flower is yellow,orange,red.](/images/library-a-aloe-aculeata-5.aloe-aculeata-fl-july-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Large stemless solitary rosette to 1m diameter. Numerous thorns each having a white base. Erect racemes with a two-tone orange-red effect, 2-3 per inflorescence. Easy in large pot or in ground.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Aloe africana](/images/library-a-aloe-africana-1.aloe-africana-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A particularly beautiful tree Aloe from Cape province, South Africa. Usually unbranched, to 4 meters high with long, 2-4 branched inflorescences of curved yellow-orange flowers. Grows well outdoors.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Aloe albiflora](/images/library-a-aloe-albiflora-1.aloe-albiflora.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![One of very few white-flowered Aloes.](/images/library-a-aloe-albiflora-2.aloe-albiflora-fl.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare slow-growing miniature from Madagascar. Clumps of narrow-leaved rosettes to about 15cm high. Flowers bell-shaped, pure white. Outdoor capability unknown. Prefers shade.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Choice species which does well outdoors.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-1.aloe-alooides-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Raceme is orange and very long.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-2.aloe-alooides-aug-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers closeup.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-3.aloe-alooides-aug-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Original group at Sandy Bay.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-4.aloe-alooides.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Group planting doing well in Mt Wellington.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-5.aloe-alooides-aug-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plant flowering for the first time.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-6.aloe-alooides-aug-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![They do VERY well potted, burnt tips are unknown.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-7.aloe-alooides-191210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Monarch butterfly drinking nectar in August!](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-8.aloe-alooides-13811-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dense crop of tiny closepacked seedpods.](/images/library-a-aloe-alooides-9.aloe-alooides-seedpods.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Spectacular tree aloe from S.Africa with large downcurving leaves and long narrow racemes of dense bright yellow flowers in winter. Slowly to 2m high. Tough outdoors, handles light frosts. Highly recommended.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![The striking candelabra of Aloe angelica in full bloom.](/images/library-a-aloe-angelica-1.aloe-angelica-inflorescence.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescences colour up with more orange-red in direct sunlight.](/images/library-a-aloe-angelica-2.aloe-angelica-flowers-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An Aloe that appreciates a good view.](/images/library-a-aloe-angelica-3.aloe-angelica-flowers-june-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Cherubs (angelic youngsters) in 20cm pots.](/images/library-a-aloe-angelica-4.aloe-angelica-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Our first flowering of Aloe angelica, behind Knee De](/images/library-a-aloe-angelica-5.aloe-angelica-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare and special tree aloe with curvy leaves atop a tall naked unbranched trunk to 4m. The flowers are just super in mid-winter, red opening to greenish yellow in 10 - 20 short round racemes. Grows outdoors only in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![A large inflorescence for the size of the plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-aristata-1.aloe-aristata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This rosette can reach 30 cms diameter in time.](/images/library-a-aloe-aristata-2.aloe-aristata-12110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Pretty leaves, covered both sides in white pointed tubercles, form a rosette to 30cm diameter, larger than its more common hybrid, and slower to offset. Short inflorescence of short racemes of large pink flowers.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![One of the biggest examples in New Zealand, trunk about 2m diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-1.aloe-barberae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In PB28's.](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-2.aloe-barberae-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![I tied the camera to a long pole to get this pic!](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-3.aloe-barberae-flowers-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-4.aloe-barberae-fl-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bigger plants ready for someone's garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-5.aloe-barberae-prod-june-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![ARC Botanic Gardens, Manurewa, an early pic.](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-6.aloe-barberae-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Exactly ten years later.](/images/library-a-aloe-barberae-7.aloe-barberae-pic9.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Formerly known as A.bainesii. The second largest of all succulents, eventually reaching 18m in height. Even small plants soon form statuesque specimens. Tough grower in most areas. Mild frosts only.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Colourful flowers in winter.](/images/library-a-aloe-betsileensis-1.aloe-betsileensis-31711-g.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plant with a simple inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-betsileensis-2.aloe-betsileensis-31711-5yo.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-betsileensis-3.aloe-betsileensis-2082009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Madagascan Aloe to 40 cms diameter. Related to A.conifera but twice the diameter and inflorescence is usually 3-branched, not simple (unbranched).
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Very cute Aloe for a small pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-bowiea-1.aloe-bowiea-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Looks like grass but no good for lawns.](/images/library-a-aloe-bowiea-2.aloe-bowiea-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fine leaves widen near base to form bulblike centre for water storage.](/images/library-a-aloe-bowiea-3.aloe-bowiea-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-bowiea-4.aloe-bowiea-fl-feb-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A large old plant broken apart into clusters.](/images/library-a-aloe-bowiea-5.aloe-bowiea-unpotted.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare miniature Aloe with grass-like (but toothed) leaves to15cm from a swollen base. Eventually forms clusters of rosettes. Flowers whitish and small. Outdoor capability unknown.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![This rosette just over 30cm diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-brevifolia-depressa-1.aloe-brevifolia-depressa-30cm-diameter-8510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Larger growing uncommon form of this common species. To 30cm diameter, usually offsetting, sometimes spotted, spots can be tubercled. OK outdoors in pot or garden in (at least) mild areas.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Our first to flower, in outdoor garden, Coromandel Peninsula.](/images/library-a-aloe-broomii-1.aloe-broomii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A stout and unusual thick inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-broomii-2.aloe-broomii-oct-02-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Orange flowers by the thousands.](/images/library-a-aloe-broomii-3.aloe-broomii-inflorescence-oct-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Choice stemless Aloe with a lined, tight 90cm rosette and sharp brown spines. Dense flowers on an unusual yellow-orange bottlebrush raceme, to 1m. OK outdoors in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Bright yellow-orange flowers, held nicely.](/images/library-a-aloe-buhrii-1.aloe-buhrii-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors in Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-buhrii-2.aloe-buhrii-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Summer flowering 60cm stemless rosette with smooth softly spotted leaves. Several successive inflorescences with clouds of lovely orange flowers. Easy outdoor plant in mild areas.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Distichous rosettes.](/images/library-a-aloe-calcairophila-1.aloe-calcairophila-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lousy pic of white flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-calcairophila-2.aloe-calcairophila-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
8cm leaves mounted on distichous(fan-shaped) rosettes forming small clusters eventually. Flowers white.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Old pic but captures the charms of this species very well.](/images/library-a-aloe-cameronii-1.aloe-cameronii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-cameronii-2.aloe-cameronii-aug-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The flowering display as seen in early August.](/images/library-a-aloe-cameronii-3.aloe-cameronii-aug-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Attractive bronze colouring is often seen in this species, especially when a little dry.](/images/library-a-aloe-cameronii-4.aloe-cameronii-aug-06-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Clean and shiny and almost plastic-looking.](/images/library-a-aloe-cameronii-5.aloe-cameronii-aug-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Striking species from East Africa with shiny leaves that turn bright red in winter. Grows well outdoors, forming clumps to half a meter high. Flowers red, on long slender peduncles produced in late winter.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Gorgeous colours when stressed.](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-gneissicola-1.aloe-capitata-gneissicola.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Capitate racemes of hanging flowers about to open.](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-gneissicola-2.aloe-capitata-gneissicola-fl-aug-04-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Older plants acquire a short trunk.](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-gneissicola-3.aloe-capitata-gneissicola-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Clean grey rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-gneissicola-4.aloe-capitata-gneissicola-29052006-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Gorgeous grey/purple tones in stress, and probably best as a confined pot subject. Lovely yellow flowers in Aug/Sep. Solitary short-stemmed rosette to 50cm. OK outdoors
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Very content in the garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-quartziticola-1.aloe-capitata-quartziticola-4911-e.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers in early spring (4th September).](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-quartziticola-2.aloe-capitata-quartziticola-4911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Aloe 'Coromandel Gold' (q.v.) flowers at the same time (see in the background).](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-quartziticola-3.aloe-capitata-quartziticola-4911-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This pic shows the grey leaf colour better.](/images/library-a-aloe-capitata-quartziticola-4.aloe-capitata-quartziticola-aug-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Heavier leafed grey form of this stunning species. Stemless rosette to 60cm. Larger red teeth and red margin. Larger racemes of yellow flowers. Handsome. Should be OK outdoors in warm position.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Racemes are elegantly held, if a little crazy.](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-1.aloe-castanea-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dense orange racemes in winter.](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-2.aloe-castanea-fl-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The dark colour in these flowers is pure nectar. Birds like it but we don't.](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-3.aloe-castanea-fl-aug-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Happy in our Auckland garden (in left foreground).](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-4.aloe-castanea-jul-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Some product at the nursery.](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-5.aloe-castanea-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Monarch butterfly feeding on castanea nectar on13th August!](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-6.aloe-castanea-monarch-butterfly-13811-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big old plant, probably 25yo.](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-7.aloe-castanea-29513-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Great profile of branching.](/images/library-a-aloe-castanea-8.aloe-castanea-29513-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Tallest of the Bottlebrush Aloes, to 4m, branching basally eventually (apparently). Long thin twisting orange racemes point crazily outward in late winter. Fantastic plant, very happy outdoors, and best in the ground
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![The shape of these racemes was quite unexpected.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-1.aloe-cipolinicola-31711-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Also, they were held very high.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-2.aloe-cipolinicola-31711-g.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Come Opening Day the racemes were no longer parallel sided flat ended cylinders.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-3.aloe-cipolinicola-1911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers began opening at the bottom of the racemes.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-4.aloe-cipolinicola-3911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![And then from the top!! They looked like bewhiskered Muppets.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-5.aloe-cipolinicola-8911-f.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![On this other plant the topmost flowers opened last.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-6.aloe-cipolinicola-3911-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Seedpods.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-7.aloe-cipolinicola-seedpods-25911-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This black spot marking seems to come mostly in hot greenhouses.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-8.aloe-cipolinicola-15911-blemishes.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The cleanest one we've seen was at the coldest place: Auckland Botanic Gardens.](/images/library-a-aloe-cipolinicola-9.aloe-cipolinicola.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Once a rare form of A. capitata but now recognised as a distinct species, this becomes a tree aloe to 2+ metres, and bears magnificent yellow flowers. Hailing from the fairly cold highlands of central Madagascar it seems to prefer the cool outdoors, not the heat of a greenhouse in summer.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Big thick light-coloured leaves and pink flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-claviflora-1.aloe-claviflora-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![More typical is a sideways pointing inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-claviflora-2.aloe-claviflora-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shooting its cannons in all directions from behind the ox wagons.](/images/library-a-aloe-claviflora-3.aloe-claviflora-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of the clavi flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-claviflora-4.aloe-claviflora-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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From arid stony deserts in Namibia. Greyish rosettes to 40cm across later offsetting. Red flowers in spring from a horizontal inflorescence to 50cm long. Probably not suitable outdoors (too wet in winter).
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Graceful rosette, with pinkish hues.](/images/library-a-aloe-comosa-1.aloe-comosa-fl-jan-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Emerging buds have a snakelike sexiness.](/images/library-a-aloe-comosa-2.aloe-comosa-inflorescence-nov-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers open to whitish and striped.](/images/library-a-aloe-comosa-3.aloe-comosa-fl-jan-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Stressed colours but surviving at Sandy Bay (foreground x2).](/images/library-a-aloe-comosa-4.aloe-comosa-outdoors-sbay.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very tall inflorescence which hits the roof in summer.](/images/library-a-aloe-comosa-5.aloe-comosa.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Type locality examples from Clanwilliam. A single-trunked small tree Aloe with pink suffused leaves forming graceful rosettes. Very tall inflorescences with long pink racemes of flowers. Not very hardy outdoors.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Grey-green leaf is very similar to A. capitata gneissicola's leaf.](/images/library-a-aloe-conifera-1.aloe-conifera-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Even at 15 cm pot size this species can produce flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-conifera-2.aloe-conifera.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Raceme's flowers are opening.](/images/library-a-aloe-conifera-3.aloe-conifera-raceme-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In 15 cm pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-conifera-4.aloe-conifera-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![30 cm plant with 3 inflorescences.](/images/library-a-aloe-conifera-5.aloe-conifera-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Madagascan species with rosettes to 30cm across, greyish to reddish purple in full sun. Flowers elongated cone-like, yellow and scented. Outdoors in sheltered position, otherwise indoors in bright sunny spot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Easy to grow and fast.](/images/library-a-aloe-cooperi-1.aloe-cooperi-mar-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rich orange glossy flowers are frequent.](/images/library-a-aloe-cooperi-2.aloe-cooperi-fl-mar-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In a 20 lt pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-cooperi-3.aloe-cooperi-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Largest of the Grass Aloes and this is a giant form of it. Forms dense clumps to 1.5m high. Flowers during much of the year with large orange flowers. Use snail bait as necessary. Easy to grow in sun or part shade.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A very showy sight in August!](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-1.aloe-coromandel-gold-aug-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dense broad yellow racemes are unusual in Aloes.](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-2.aloe-coromandel-gold-flowers-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In outdoor light the flowers acquire an orange hue not seen under plastic.](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-3.aloe-coromandel-gold-flowers-aug-03-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unusual in that frequently the raceme commences opening in the centre or down one side.(Most Aloes open from bottom upwards).](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-4.aloe-coromandel-gold-flowers-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An enormous number of racemes can be produced.](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-5.aloe-coromandel-gold-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The rosette is rather like a not-very-spiny-leaf form of Aloe ferox.](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-6.aloe-coromandel-gold-1092006-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A smaller plant flowering for the first time. Greenhouse grown, so pure yellow in colour.](/images/library-a-aloe-coromandel-gold-7.aloe-coromandel-gold-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Large new tree Aloe to 1m diameter, distinguished by numerous racemes of amazing bright yellow flowers. OK outdoors in mild areas.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![This pic shows both offsets AND stolons.](/images/library-a-aloe-cremnophila-1.aloe-cremnophila-carter-912-showing-stolons.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This pendulous cliff-dweller from Somalia has small rosettes on long stems radiating from the rootstock, and it also stoloniferises. Scarlet flowers. Easy to grow in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Our cryptopoda are from lovely glaucous blue motherplants.](/images/library-a-aloe-cryptopoda-1.aloe-cryptopoda-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers silhouetted against the green hills of the north Coromandel.](/images/library-a-aloe-cryptopoda-2.aloe-cryptopoda-infl.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Great in the garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-cryptopoda-3.aloe-cryptopoda-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Compact garden plant with sometimes glaucous upright dark green leaves to 80cm long. Offsets at base to form tight groups. Yellow flowers in mid-winter.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Vigorous and floriferous.](/images/library-a-aloe-dawei-1.aloe-dawei-4911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Solid trunk can just be spotted in the centre.](/images/library-a-aloe-dawei-2.aloe-dawei-4911-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice mid-winter flowers are produced en masse.](/images/library-a-aloe-dawei-3.aloe-dawei-july-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Vigorous upright bush, evnetually with a solid trunk surrounded by a thousand branches. Easy to grow in the garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Emerging inflorescence on tiny plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-descoingsii-1.aloe-descoingsii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower is small but exquisite.](/images/library-a-aloe-descoingsii-2.aloe-descoingsii-fl-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Camouflaged rosettes.](/images/library-a-aloe-descoingsii-3.aloe-descoingsii-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Of 580 Aloe species this is the smallest, to about 4 cm diameter, later offsetting prolifically. Another amazing Madagascan! Cute orange bell-shaped flowers. Outdoors only in warm dry position.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Very white, very spiculed example.](/images/library-a-aloe-descoingsii-augustina-1.aloe-descoingsii-augustina-8613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note the parallel sided flower.](/images/library-a-aloe-descoingsii-augustina-2.aloe-descoingsii-augustina-18513-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Mature rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-descoingsii-augustina-3.aloe-descoingsii-augustina-8613-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Even cuter than the typical form, its leaves having brighter white spots, and whiter more prominent spikey teeth. Flowers are cylindric not conical, but otherwise shares the same habits and diminutive size.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Mature plant has broad white leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-dhufarensis-1.aloe-dhufarensis-pic2-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Graceful 2-branched inflorescences.](/images/library-a-aloe-dhufarensis-2.aloe-dhufarensis-3109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Juvenile plants have spotted leaves. The spots disappear as it matures.](/images/library-a-aloe-dhufarensis-3.aloe-dhufarensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Rare species from the Dhofar region of Oman. Beautiful white rosette to 1 meter, suffused with lavender and pinkish tones. Indoors only in brightest light, keep fairly dry in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Multiheaded plant exiting greenhouse before it's too large.](/images/library-a-aloe-dichotoma-1.aloe-dichotoma-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![About 22 years from seed, 3m+.](/images/library-a-aloe-dichotoma-2.aloe-dichotoma-ws-011.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers are lovely but not often seen.](/images/library-a-aloe-dichotoma-3.aloe-dichotoma-flowers-may-02-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fissured, attractive trunk.](/images/library-a-aloe-dichotoma-4.aloe-dichotoma-trunk.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors in Auckland, see the Harbour Bridge.](/images/library-a-aloe-dichotoma-5.aloe-dichotoma-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Large sculptural tree to 8m., suits tub culture (or in the ground if sunny, sheltered, frost-free, well drained & fertile). Thick silvery trunk, later a branching crown and yellow flowers.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Pining for the Namib Desert..](/images/library-a-aloe-dinteri-1.aloe-dinteri-pic-4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In flower.](/images/library-a-aloe-dinteri-2.aloe-dinteri--mar-04-pic-3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Raceme closer up.](/images/library-a-aloe-dinteri-3.aloe-dinteri-fl--mar-04-pic-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of leaf.](/images/library-a-aloe-dinteri-4.aloe-dinteri-4072009-a..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare and unusual Namibian relative of Aloe variegata. Solitary rosette to 30cm across. Flowers in autumn, very pale rose pink. Indoors only, in bright light. Susceptible to overwatering.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![A charming capitate raceme if ever there was one.](/images/library-a-aloe-distans-1.aloe-distans-flowers-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Supported by a fence. Leaves are long-persisting.](/images/library-a-aloe-distans-2.aloe-distans-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Au natural, left to sprawl.](/images/library-a-aloe-distans-3.aloe-distans.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Branched infloprescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-distans-4.aloe-distans-flowers-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rosette to 150mm diameter, later sprawling and offsetting. Attractive yellow teeth and red capitate flowers. A smaller relative of A.mitriformis. Good outdoors at least in mild areas.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Erect narrow leaves](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-1.aloe-divaricata-dh-3512-jul-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outtsttanding tteetth.](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-2.aloe-divaricata-dh-3512-teeth-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Many lax racemes arranged densely and, eventually, in great quantity.](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-3.aloe-divaricata-dh-3512-fl-jul-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Red-brown teeth.](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-4.aloe-divaricata-dh-3512-teeth.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Teeth showing bicuspidity.](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-5.aloe-divaricata-dh-3512-teeth-pic-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![We probably supplied this, unwittingly, last millenium, as divaricata, but it is not.](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-6.aloe-divaricata-july-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering at just 50cms height!](/images/library-a-aloe-divaricata-7.aloe-divaricata-flowering-at-50-cms-4511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Tree Aloe to 2-3m. with erect narrow leaves, with oustanding red-brown teeth (frequently bicuspid). Precocious species with lax racemes arranged densely and in great quantity. Worth trying outdoors in good situation.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Great leaf textures.](/images/library-a-aloe-doorandcrack-filler-1.aloe-doorandcrack-filler-8510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Even spiculose when small.](/images/library-a-aloe-doorandcrack-filler-2.aloe-doorandcrack-filler-pic15.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Back of a leaf.](/images/library-a-aloe-doorandcrack-filler-3.aloe-doorandcrack-filler-8510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Toothy spotted rosette of merit despite the unusual epithet awkwardly complying with the two-word rule which is itself a nonsense nowadays. Flowers pinky red in a sub-dense raceme. Outdoors probably ok in good location.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Bright and rough leaves make this one of the best small hybrid Aloes.](/images/library-a-aloe-doran-black-1.aloe-doran-black.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Choice recent rauhii hybrid (often mis-spelt as "Dorian"). Heavily rough-textured and spotted leaves on a low tight rosette to 20cms diameter. Easy in bright light, and even possibly OK in a rock garden in mild areas.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Wonderful spines often bizarrely hooked or in close pairs.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-1.aloe-erinacea-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fully exposed in the garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-10.aloe-erinacea-fully-exposed.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Emerging flowers on a 15 yo plant, the rosette is dichotomising (dividing into two).](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-2.aloe-erinacea-ws-120-close.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fully extended inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-3.aloe-erinacea-12809-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close up of raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-4.aloe-erinacea-12082009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Later, seeds.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-5.aloe-erinacea-seed-pods-sep-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![30cms is as big as they get.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-6.aloe-erinacea-19062008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two-headed plant, not common.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-7.aloe-erinacea-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The black-spined look is caused by stress, but it is actually very attractive for all that!](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-8.aloe-erinacea-tm-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice clean big one.](/images/library-a-aloe-erinacea-9.aloe-erinacea-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare and beautiful species from the diamond fields of Namibia. Mostly solitary spectacularly spinaceous rosettes to around 30cm across. Slow growing, indoors only in bright light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Slightly inclined racemes on a showy inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-excelsa-1.aloe-excelsa-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A wide rosette, maybe 2m diameter, in an Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-excelsa-2.aloe-excelsa-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Product in a 13 lt pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-excelsa-3.aloe-excelsa-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Noble plant from Zimbabwe. Heavy rosette atop a straight trunk to 2 - 6m in time, unbranched. Numerous racemes of brick-red to orange-red flowers in late winter, outer racemes angle out.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Lovely stately species.](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-1.aloe-ferox-aug-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dense flowers full of nectar.](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-2.aloe-ferox-hels-poort-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![My first ferox to flower at Sandy Bay, as the wood pigeons would have seen it.](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-3.aloe-ferox-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Here are the wood pigeons. (The bamboo poles above the fence were to stop horses eating my plants, in case you were wondering!)](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-4.aloe-ferox-and-native-pigeons.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Long heavy racemes.](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-5.aloe-ferox-flowers-hels-poort-form.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Relatively spineless leaves on this plant from Hel's Poort (wild collected seed).](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-6.aloe-ferox-hels-poort-aug-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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National flower of S.Africa. Heavy unbranched rosette slowly reaches 4m height. Great flowers in early winter, usually red. Rich nectar attracts birds. Moderately hardy if well-drained.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Original beautiful pair in garden at Sandy Bay. Thanks Charley!](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-candelabrum-1.aloe-ferox-candelabrum.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice flowers!](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-candelabrum-2.aloe-ferox-candelabrum-fl-aug-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Named for the elegant way it holds its racemes.](/images/library-a-aloe-ferox-candelabrum-3.aloe-ferox-candelabrum-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Now considered to be only a superior form of A.ferox. Larger curving leaves atop a stout unbranched trunk to 4m. Spectacular wider candelabras of white-tipped red flowers in midwinter. OK outdoors and frosthardy.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![All plants are cloned off this original one at Sandy Bay.....](/images/library-a-aloe-flaming-spires-1.aloe-flaming-spires-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![.....which soon grew very tall.](/images/library-a-aloe-flaming-spires-2.aloe-flaming-spires-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![And now a big display of flowers appears over the fence in Auckland every winter.](/images/library-a-aloe-flaming-spires-3.aloe-flaming-spires-26709.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A solitary one (2.2m+) in a pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-flaming-spires-4.aloe-flaming-spires-2-2m.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The tall rosettes are F.S.'s, the plant at its foot is an old A.succotrina.](/images/library-a-aloe-flaming-spires-5.aloe-flaming-spires-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Our fastest-growing tree aloe, to 5 m ht. Showy red-opening-to-yellow racemes of tui-attracting flowers in early winter. Trim offsets regularly to keep trunk naked for best appearance.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Thick toothless leaves are quite distinctive....](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-1.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-23313-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A pretty thing, nicely proportioned.](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-2.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-mar-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowering raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-3.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-fl-mar-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Comparison with Aloe fleurentiniorum fleurentiniorum on left.](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-4.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-r--fleurentiniorum-l-23313-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers compared with Aloe fleurentiniorum fleurentiniorum on left.](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-5.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-r--fleurentiniorum-l-233014.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Distichous fan later becomes rosulate.](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-6.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plants still in distichous mode.](/images/library-a-aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-7.aloe-fleurentiniorum-edentata-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unusual toothless species from Yemen. Offsetting rosette to around 50cm, short inflorescence with pinkish flowers. Best grown in bright light for compact growth. Untried outdoors in NZ.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Need better photo.](/images/library-a-aloe-fouriei-as-thompsoniae-1.aloe-fouriei-as-thompsoniae.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of many Grass Aloes, so named due to their resemblance to grasses. This one forms a dense tuft of thin fleshy leaves and has small racemes of bright orange-red flowers. Well suited to the garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Tall straight inflorescence,](/images/library-a-aloe-gariepensis-1.aloe-gariepensis-aug-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Our colony breeds this strange white form, a variegation possibly?](/images/library-a-aloe-gariepensis-2.aloe-gariepensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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60cm rosette of incurving leaves. From very arid areas near the Orange River, so must keep well-drained and warm. Flowers red, yellow, or bicoloured. Young plants are spotted.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Largish low rosette with amazing huge wide inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-globuligemma-1.aloe-globuligemma-aug-02-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view.](/images/library-a-aloe-globuligemma-2.aloe-globuligemma-aug-02-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sandy Bay, circa 1990](/images/library-a-aloe-globuligemma-3.aloe-globuligemma.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Poisonous species with large single rosette on feeble stem with spectacular inflorescence of secund flowers. OK outdoors, but only in very mild areas, try next to a north-facing wall.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Aloe haemanthifolia, 30 cm diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-haemanthifolia-1.aloe-haemanthifolia-15810-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Endangered species from mountains in SW Cape. Smooth broad lvs to 30cm long in fan-shaped rosettes which later offset basally. Capitate inflorescence of orange to scarlet flowers. Should be OK in wet winters in south facing positions.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Aloe hardyi doing an impression of a Bearded Collie.](/images/library-a-aloe-hardyi-1.aloe-hardyi-5312-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Peduncles bend to point upwards.](/images/library-a-aloe-hardyi-2.aloe-hardyi-jun-06-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-hardyi-3.aloe-hardyi-fl-jun-06-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Attractive light grey distichous rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-hardyi-4.aloe-hardyi-jun-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Pining for a cliff face.](/images/library-a-aloe-hardyi-5.aloe-hardyi-5312-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare and unusual cliff-dwelling Aloe from South Africa. Attractive upright bright red flowers in early winter. OK outdoors in frost free location, best planted on the edge of a wall so that it can hang.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Aloe haworthioides](/images/library-a-aloe-haworthioides-1.aloe-haworthioides.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big old cluster.](/images/library-a-aloe-haworthioides-2.aloe-haworthioides-4211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of the smallest of Aloes, for the windowsill, the rockery, or the exposed Central Madagascan outcrop. Hairs and cilia distinguish this lovely miniature, which has orange-red flowers.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Aloe helenae at about 50cms.](/images/library-a-aloe-helenae-1.aloe-helenae-11613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Non-branching tree Aloe with long hanging leaves, from dry SW Madagascar. Eventually to 4m. Flowers yellow with red tips, in short broad racemes on numerous simple inflorescences. Easy in the garden in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Whole plant with flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-hereroensis-1.aloe-hereroensis-aug-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers](/images/library-a-aloe-hereroensis-2.aloe-hereroensis-fl-aug-06-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Distinctive flower buds with a tassled appearance.](/images/library-a-aloe-hereroensis-3.aloe-hereroensis-buds-jun-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Emerging inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-hereroensis-4.aloe-hereroensis-jun-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Grey-leaved medium-sized stemless rosette. Unknown outdoors for us.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
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Small South African Aloe with rosettes to 15cm diameter, offsetting to form clusters. OK outdoors in sunny well-drained area. Bright orange flowers on unbranched inflorescence in early spring.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Tall inflorescence for a smallish plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-ibitiensis-1.aloe-ibitiensis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In the garden for many years successfully, where it keeps its leaves broad and with a lovely healthy ruddy glow.](/images/library-a-aloe-ibitiensis-2.aloe-ibitiensis-14613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Usually solitary stemless rosette to 40cm diameter. Branched erect inflorescence with scarlet flowers. Easy outdoors. Frost tolerance unknown as yet.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Leaves can be VERY broad and lovely with a glaucous bloom also.](/images/library-a-aloe-imalotensis-1.aloe-imalotensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Madagascar's answer to Aloe striata. 40cm rosette of soft, broad, pin-striped, pink-edged leaves. Stresses up very nice and pinkly. Pot subject only, especially keep water out of rosette.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Flowering size plant, very spotted example.](/images/library-a-aloe-imalotensis-spotted-form-1.aloe-imalotensis-spotted-form-16510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Small plant, very spotted.](/images/library-a-aloe-imalotensis-spotted-form-2.aloe-imalotensis-spotted-form.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variable form, some are more blue-grey, some are less spotted, like this one.](/images/library-a-aloe-imalotensis-spotted-form-3.aloe-imalotensis-spotted-form-8510.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Madagascan with broad grey glaucous sometimes-spotted somewhat undulate leaves on rosette to 30 cm diameter. Indoors only most likely in wet climates.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Aloe intermedia](/images/library-a-aloe-intermedia-1.aloe-intermedia-11811-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower.](/images/library-a-aloe-intermedia-2.aloe-intermedia-11811-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Older branched plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-intermedia-3.aloe-intermedia-25052006.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A bushy Aloe from Madagascar forming clumps about 50cm high. Leaves redden and turn purplish in bright sun. Grows well outdoors in a well drained position. Red flowers in summer.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Rosettes of about 8cm diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-jucunda-1.aloe-jucunda-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In time a small trunk gices a miniature palm grove appearance.](/images/library-a-aloe-jucunda-2.aloe-jucunda.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This species is lusher and happier in shade.](/images/library-a-aloe-jucunda-3.aloe-jucunda-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A small prolifically offsetting Aloe well suited to outdoor gardens or container culture. The rose-pink flowers are produced throughout much of the year. Rosettes reach only about 12cm across. Best in shade.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Very old cluster in our garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-juvenna-1.aloe-juvenna-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers are rarely seen.... Here they are!!](/images/library-a-aloe-juvenna-2.aloe-juvenna.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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With a short spiny leaf this miniature eventually becoming a multi-stemmed sprawler great to cover some rockery. Red flowers occasionally produced. Frost tolerant to at least a small degree.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Fabulous stripey leaves, so unusual.](/images/library-a-aloe-karasbergensis-1.aloe-karasbergensis-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Myriads of flowers in autumn.](/images/library-a-aloe-karasbergensis-2.aloe-karasbergensis-feb-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Happy outdoors in our Auckland trial garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-karasbergensis-3.aloe-karasbergensis-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Emerging inflorescence in February (NZ time).](/images/library-a-aloe-karasbergensis-4.aloe-karasbergensis-feb-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A rockery suits this plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-karasbergensis-5.aloe-karasbergensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Younger plants in 15 cm pots.](/images/library-a-aloe-karasbergensis-6.aloe-karasbergensis-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Gorgeous green-striped Namibian relative of Aloe striata. Thick leaves on stemless rosette to 50cm diameter. Usually not offsetting. Pink flowers in March. Outdoors needs warm spot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Outdoors in an Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-khamiesensis-1.aloe-khamiesensis-july-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-khamiesensis-2.aloe-khamiesensis-jun-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plants are very pretty.](/images/library-a-aloe-khamiesensis-3.aloe-khamiesensis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Attractive species from rocky areas of the northern Cape. Slowly to 1.5 m high with a thick usually unbranched trunk. Flowers red, multi-branched. OK outdoors in mild areas. Good drainage recommended.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Delightful balanced miniature species.](/images/library-a-aloe-krapohliana-1.aloe-krapohliana-28510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Four inflorescences is our record so far.](/images/library-a-aloe-krapohliana-2.aloe-krapohliana-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-krapohliana-3.aloe-krapohliana-28510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The fact that this plant is 22yo tells us how slow is the growth of this species.](/images/library-a-aloe-krapohliana-4.aloe-krapohliana-22yo-14609.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The matchbox shows the miniature scale of this species.](/images/library-a-aloe-krapohliana-5.aloe-krapohliana-26511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Slowly attains the look of a miniature tree aloe to 20cm diameter and height. In mid-winter bears several relatively large racemes of red flowers. Best in a bonsai dish or small pot of attractive proportions.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Sawtoothed edge to a stone-grey leaf sets this aloe apart.](/images/library-a-aloe-laeta-1.aloe-laeta-oct-01.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Branched inflorescence in winter.](/images/library-a-aloe-laeta-2.aloe-laeta-inflorescence.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The raceme lowers its flowers progressively as they open.](/images/library-a-aloe-laeta-3.aloe-laeta-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of nusual close sawtoothery.](/images/library-a-aloe-laeta-4.aloe-laeta-teeth.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Dentally distinguished blue-grey 30cm rosette featuring unusual close sawtoothery, sometimes pink-tinged. Cold-hardy if dry. Best appreciated when grown immaculately & brightly in a pot.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Fanshaped rosettes soon throw offsets, (just like garlic chives!)](/images/library-a-aloe-linearifolia-1.aloe-linearifolia-nov-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare South African ‘Grass’ Aloe from Natal. Forms only 6-8 thin grass-like leaves to 30cm high. Flowers greenish yellow in spring. Dies back in winter, re-grows in spring. Bright light indoors, untried outdoors.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Big flowers for a miniature.....](/images/library-a-aloe-longistyla-1.aloe-longistyla-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![......from which come seedpods, truly inflated.....](/images/library-a-aloe-longistyla-2.aloe-longistyla-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....in order to contain the large papery-winged seeds!](/images/library-a-aloe-longistyla-3.aloe-longistyla.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small blue rosette to 250mm, covered in teeth. Oversized flowers are an exciting event in early winter. Avoid overwatering, possibly not suited to ground planting outdoors.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."