Climbing aloe
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What it is
A fast-growing South African aloe that scrambles over shrubs or climbs up trees, with stems that can reach 30 feet. It has red flowers with greenish-yellow tips.
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It's a tough, unusual aloe that can serve as groundcover or, with support, a vine. Its flowers attract birds and butterflies.
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Container tips
Thrives in containers but needs support for its weak stems. Give it full sun. Hardy in zones 9 to 11. Cuttings root straight in the ground.
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