Aloe elegans

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Aloe elegans

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This is a rather 'ordinary' looking aloe from Ethiopia (central African aloes tend to be a bit nondescript) with nice yellow, orange or red flowers (or a bit of all three) in winter. My plant was a wonderful flowerer, reliably starting every early winter and never missed a year. The plants I see at the botanical gardens seem to be a bit more 'hit or miss' on the flowering events. IT is a solitary species, stemless for the most part, with unspotted or minimally spotted, upright leaves of pale green, blue green or tan. The largest plants I have seen were about 2' tall.
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Aloe elegans at Brisbane Botanic Gardens

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yellow form in Huntington Gardens in December.
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Seedlings 2 years old -

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At Huntington
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I have had Aloe Elegans in the ground for over 5 years and it has not flowered once. It is planted in full sun in a crushed rock front yard garden and gets mostly rainwater with occasional hand watering in dry times. I amended its surrounding soil with MiracleGro cactus, palm, and citrus garden soil and earthworm castings last year hoping it would change things. The plant has always looked very healthy and puts out clumps aggressively. I have taken its offspring clumps and planted elsewhere hoping those do better and flower. Does anyone have any tips for me?
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