view into the january garden
This is one of the reasons why people live in a Mediterranean climate like San Diego, suffering the frequent 70-plus degree daytime temperatures. Here’s the view out the front room window onto this huge, mounding pile of blooming aloe. I think it’s A. arborescens, one of the more common species that you see all over town. (There’s a little epidendrum orchid blooming just outside the window, but who’s going to pay it any attention with the aloe going off in the background?)
A closer look at the flowers…
…and a closer look at the leaves of the aloe (serrated edges, much softer than they appear) and the agave (straight edges).
For some people, it’s not winter without seeing snow. For me, it’s not winter until I’ve seen the aloe. Okay. I’m ready for spring now.
January 30 2009 02:27 pm | Categories: gardening • my garden | Tags: Aloe arborescens • aloes • seasons • succulents • winter
tina on 30 Jan 2009 at 3:53 pm #
It is awesome! At first I thought it was kniphofia but not so. What a view.
Jim/ArtofGardening.org on 30 Jan 2009 at 3:56 pm #
“suffering the frequent 70-plus degree daytime temperatures.” You slay me. Can I find a 2,500 sq. ft., 4-bedroom, 112-year-old Victorian in San Diego for around $200,000?
lostlandscape on 30 Jan 2009 at 6:37 pm #
Tina, I don’t mean to gloat…tooo much. I like the kniphofias, but they collapse when faced with the almost no-summer-water treatment this aloe gets.
Jim, I think were talking…what? 1987 land values? You have to pay a lot to suffer like this.