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Aloe ferox (salmon-pink form)

Aloe ferox is a widely-grown species, both in its native South Africa and in other parts of the world. Its sap is renowned for its medicinal properties, but gardeners love it for its attention-getting candelabras of flowers in winter. Red-orange is the most common flower color, but it comes in a wide array of other hues as well, including the salmon-pink seen in the accompanying photos. The narrow edging of white at the mouths of the flowers show it to be the eastern form of the species, formerly known as Aloe candelabrum.

-Brian

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