Rias™

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Description

Trade name: Rias™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 'LEO 2267'
Description: Showy bi-colour brick red-to-orange upright tubular flowers tower over the rosette of this large, robust and striking plant from early winter. Rias flowers from a young age but will only take about 4 years from its first flower to reach its spectacular maximum flower production when it is likely to have grown a short trunk. This is one of the top hybrids and is suitable as a feature plant for the garden 

Plant Info

Plant Size

Large

Habit

Single stemming aloe which forms thick trunk

Suitability for potting

No

Height (approx. excluding flowers)

1.5m

Width (approx.)

1m

Planting Density

1 per square meter

Foliage Colour

Green

Flower Colour

Brick red to orange bicolour

Flowering Period

Winter

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

Resistant to pests and disease but need to watch for aphids during hot periods with no rain

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

High

Light Requirement

Full sun

Frost Tolerance

Medium

Maintenance

- Water during Summer
- Provide fertiliser/compost in Spring
- Remove old spent flowers (not necessary)
- Remove old leaves (not necessary)

Purchase Info

Legal notes:

The trademark Rias™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Rias™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 2267'