Are there any other hardy aloes apart from aloe striatula?

[MikeC]

I'm intrigued as to whether there are other aloes that are reasonably hardy in the UK?

Ideas and suggestions welcome.

[Dave Brown]

A aristarta is hardy to about -7C without protection. Mine form clumps here. When we had the -10C in Dec 2010 they were safely tucked up under a foot of snow.

[TonyJ]

Hi Mike. I have found Aloe Aristata to be even hardier than Striatula. A couple of years ago I managed to pick up a pot with a couple of plants in at a school fete, put them out into my cactus patch and they really took off. They have now grown into quite a clump and saw off the -9deg I had last Winter with no problems, whereas Striatula was cut to the ground.

[TonyJ]

SNAP Dave !

[call]

mitriformis
polyphylla
Aristata

and it might be worth trying aloe x haworthia black gem
tried it in an unheated alpine house and it survived

[fieldfest]

I'm intrigued as to whether there are other aloes that are reasonably hardy in the UK?

Ideas and suggestions welcome.

i have a baby aristata i'd swap for a baby striatula if you're game?

[fieldfest]

is variegata / partridge breasted aloe/ tiger aloe hardy if kept dry?

[Clive60]

I've had a A. Brevifolia in the greenhouse this winter, not sure whether it would have taken -9c outside. Didn't want to risk losing it as there are no pups yet.

[Steph]

I have a Brevifolia, left in a pot on the table outside this winter, pups are mank but the main plant is a survivor.

[Steph]

is variegata / partridge breasted aloe/ tiger aloe hardy if kept dry?

Hasn't been in my garden....

[Rod]

Aloe polyphylla easily takes temps down to -6.0°c here in Christchurch, with no damage.
Aloe aristata is another good one ( As Dave mentions )

[Yorkshire Kris]

Anyone growing polyphylla successfully outdoors in the UK, protected or otherwise?

[JoelR]

Anyone growing polyphylla successfully outdoors in the UK, protected or otherwise?

I know two people in Lancs & West Yorks who grew it for quite a number of years until the 2009/10 winter. Protection was perspex overhead or none at all. My biggest one is getting very heavy but i intend to keep it in a pot until I have a few good sized plants. I'd like to get at least one to flower and set seed.

[JoelR]

There is quite a list of Aloes which can take colder than -7C in "Aloes in Sourthern Africa" by Gideon Smith. I've grown these from seed to try at some stage:

A. ecklonis
A. reitzii
A. mutabilis
A. transvaalensis
A. polyphylla

Seed just gone in of A. lutescens and A. davyana also on that list.

[fieldfest]

Anyone growing polyphylla successfully outdoors in the UK, protected or otherwise?

several outdoors unprotected at ventnor

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