Lace Aloe

Aloe aristata, also known as Lace Aloe, is a small hardy succulent plant popular as an indoor plant. It is a stemless, up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall, clump-forming succulent with dense rosettes of stubby, lance-shaped, toothed, white-margined, dark green leaves, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long, with small white spots and soft white spines, particularly beneath. In the fall, produces terminal panicles, up to 20 inches (50 cm) tall, 2 to 6 branched, bearing cylindrical, orange-red flowers, up to 1.5 inches (4 cm) long.

Many species of aloe are popular houseplants because they are versatile and able to thrive indoors without requiring much care. This is beneficial because live plants like aloe can improve air quality and help promote a healthier indoor environment. In fact, indoor plants are one of my recommendations for protecting yourself against sick building syndrome. But that’s not all these plants are good for.

Aloe vera is a succulent plant that thrives on neglect. It makes an excellent houseplant and skin salve. Here are tips for growing your own aloe plant.

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Aloe Aristata forms a beautiful rosette of fleshy leaves heavily marked with little white teeth decorating the dark green leaves, a delight for your succulent collection! This one almost looks like an agave or haworthia with it's spiky leaves. Super easy to grow and super-drought tolerant, in fact you only need to water it once in a while (more in summer, less in winter). Bring inside before it freezes and enjoy as a houseplant. Be sure soil is thoroughly dry before watering.

A cute, cold-hardy, ground-hugging aloe from eastern South Africa and Lesotho, this little charmer is an excellent choice for container gardens indoors and out thanks to its tidy form and vivid flowers. Succulent, lance-shaped, evergreen leaves dotted with white warty protuberances and tipped with white tail-like bristles are densely packed into round, perfectly symmetrical rosettes that offset to form clumps. Loose conical clusters of tubular red flowers are borne atop calf-high stems in summer. Adapted for pollination by sunbirds, the flowers also attract hummingbirds.

The Lace Aloe, Aloe aristata, is often grown as a houseplant or to decorate an office. It is a top office plant being colorful and very easy to maintain.