Aloiampelos tenuior(Haw . ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm .
Fence Aloe
Aloe tenuior , Aloe tenuiorvar.tenuior , Aloiampelos tenuiorvar.tenuior , Aloe tenuiorvar.decidua , Aloe tenuiorvar.densiflora , Aloe tenuiorvar.glaucescens , Aloe tenuiorvar.rubriflora , Aloe tenuiorvar.viridifolia , Aloe tenuiorvar.viridifolia
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phratry : AsphodelaceaeSubfamily : AsphodeloideaeGenus : Aloiampelos
Aloiampelos tenuior , formerly known asAloe tenuior , is a shaggy-coated succulent with numerous slender stem that farm from a large woody rootstock and narrow , lance - shaped leave crowded in lax rosettes at the end of the base . It grows up to 5 feet ( 1.5 m ) tall with bread and butter with a spread of 6 feet ( 1.8 m ) . The stems are irregularly branch , semi - woody , and with prominent leaf scar . They acquire to 10 feet ( 3 m ) retentive and take root along nodes upon link with the ground . Leaves are grayish - super acid with tiny white tooth along the margins . They are up to 6 inches ( 15 cm ) prospicient and 0.75 inches ( 1.9 curium ) widely .
bloom are bright yellow-bellied ( although there is a red - blossom descriptor calledAloiampelos tenuiorvar.rubriflora ) and seem on lissom , unbranched racemes throughout the year , mainly in winter . They are tubular , up to 0.8 inches ( 2 atomic number 96 ) long , and up to 0.15 inches ( 0.4 cm ) in diam . Fruits are little papery dehiscent capsules with a few tiny seeds .
Aloiampelos tenuioris native toSouth Africa . It usually farm in open grassland , shrubland , wooded expanse , thicket , coastal chaparral , and forest margins in Western Cape , Eastern Cape , KwaZulu - Natal , and Mpumalanga .
USDA hardiness zone9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( −3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
Due to their hardiness and the wide stove of flower color , these slender succulents have become pop decorative plants in South African gardens . The commoner species ( such as , the more widespreadAloes of the Eastern Cape ) are also more and more grown in garden oversea .
Climbing Aloes require a sunny , well - enfeeble locating and are peculiarly suitable for rock garden . The taller , climbing species are commonly planted along fences and boundary , grow through the surrounding foliation . However , the lower , rambling metal money are well suit for rockeries , slopes , or terraces , which they will naturally cascade down over .
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