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Description
Trade name: Fairy Pink
Botanical name: Aloe 'Fairy Pink'
Description: Numerous dainty white flowers (sometimes with a faint pinkish tinge at the base of the flowers) appear in late summer/early autumn above the delicate fleshy green leaves of this very small and beautiful aloe hybrid. Best grown as a pot specimen in the tropics and sub tropics but can be planted in beds if the position is well protected and the soil is very free draining
Plant Info
Plant Size
Small
Habit
Quick clumping groundcover of dainty soft green leaves
Suitability for potting
Yes most suited to container gardening
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
0.25m
Width (approx.)
0.2m
Planting Density
6 per square meter
Foliage Colour
Green
Flower Colour
White with pink tinge
Flowering Period
Autumn
Water Requirement
Low but plant will benefit from water in very dry climate, particularly in summer.
Attracts Wildlife
Birds (insect eaters and nectar feeding), bees, butterflies
Disease Resistance
Highly resistant to pests and disease
Soil Type
Most soil types as long as free draining but rich soil preferred. If clay soils must raise plant so water drains away
Ability to cope with high rainfall
Low
Light Requirement
Full sun or semi-shade
Frost Tolerance
Low
Maintenance
- Water during Summer
- Provide fertiliser/compost in Spring
- Remove old spent flowers (not necessary)
- Remove old leaves (not necessary)
Purchase Info
This cultivar is widely available in commercial quantities across Australia for large landscape projects
Legal notes:
Unauthorised commercial propagation or any sale, conditioning, export, import or stocking of propagation material of this variety is an infringement under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994