Family ASPHODELACEAE
Genus Aloe
Species tenuior
SA Plant Number
Basionym Aloe tenuior Orange

Aloe tenuior Orange is a hardy, pretty, dainty, rambling Aloe that bears spikes of bright orange flowers. It has long, narrow, sheathing leaves, crowded in a loose rosette at the tip of the branches. In cultivation, it flowers freely, for most of the year, but mainly from May to August.

A good ‘bee plant’ that has many traditional uses. It will form large bush clumps, making it a useful landscape plant.

This Aloe grows well in a normally-irrigated garden that has well-drained soil and will grow in full sun or semi-shade.

Size: Up to 3m

Pollinators: Insect pollinators and Sunbirds love the nectar of these flowers.

Traditional: Aloe tenuior has many traditional uses

Cut flower: Both flowers and leafy stems make striking additions to flower arrangements or in vases on their own.

Mpumulanga, KwaZulu Natal,  Eastern Cape, Western Cape

Habitat:Forest margin, Thicket

Growth Rate: Moderate, Evergreen or Deciduous: Evergreen, Hardiness - Frost: Frost Hardy, Plant Type: Shrub - Large, Plant Type: Succulents, Position: Semi-shade, Position: Sun - Full, Soil: Well-drained, Garden Uses: Bird Friendly, Garden Uses: Container Plant, Garden Uses: Hedge, Garden Uses: Long Flowering, Garden Uses: Rockeries and retaining walls, Garden Uses: Small Gardens, Garden Uses: Winter flowering, Hardiness - Drought: Drought Hardy, Flower colour: Orange shades, Garden type: Rocky outcrop and Koppie Gardens, Garden type: Wildlife Garden,

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