TYPE: Evergreen/Perennial
ZONE: 9 - 11
LIGHT: Sun/Part Shade
SOIL: Well drained
HEIGHT: 2 – 3 ft
SPREAD: 3 - 4 ft
LANDSCAPE VALUES: This is one of the most beautiful and distinctive aloes, with its long, twisted and recurved leaves resembling an octopus. They are copper-red when exposed to full sun, with marginal teeth of the same color and bright green when grown in shade. There are no medicinal uses recorded. The leaves and fruits are eaten.