Aloe cv. Christmas Carol

Aloe cv. Christmas Carol

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin, hybrid. This Kelly Griffin hybrid is what Kelly calls a multi-generation hybrid that possibly includes the legendary and beautiful Aloe 'Doran Black' as a parent or at the least shares some of its appearance - 'Doran Black' is a Dick Wright hybrid that involved hybrid plants of Aloe rauhii crossed with A. descognsii. 'Christmas Carol' has all the beauty of 'Doran Black' with the addition of vibrant red colours in the leaves.

Description: Aloe 'Christmas Carol' is a small hybrid aloe with with festive colour, that capture perfectly the Red and Green theme of Christmas. It has small rosettes to under 30 cm tall and wide, with intriguing, raised dark red markings, some soft but spinelike, down the centre and along the leaf margin. Tubular pink to reddish-orange flowers add to the show.
Leaves: Lance-shaped, up to15 cm long, deep green, featuring deep crimson raised spots and trimmed in bright red. This hybrid shows mostly green during the grey skies of winter, but at the end of summer in full sun, it's decked out in festive red.
Flowers: Vibrant pinkish-red to orange.
Blooming season: Autumn.

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