Mid-November aloe updates from our garden

With a couple of exceptions, most of my recent posts have focused on other gardens. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, especially considering how special my most recent visits have been (ample proof: Casper's and Daryl's garden, Justin's and Max's garden, Kay's garden, Piece of Eden, and Hidden Agave Ranch). 

But after a long summer lull, things are picking up in our own garden. Some developments are me springing into action, others are just nature doing its thing. In the latter category, many aloes are responding to the noticeably cooler nights by taking on reddish and purplish hues. Here are some photos taken over the weekend:

Aloe 'Yemeni Gold' (far left, still green), Aloe excelsa (tomato soup red), Yucca 'Bright Star' (its usual color and obviously not an aloe), and Aloe marlothii (lavender gray)

Aloe excelsa

Aloe marlothii

Aloe marlothii

Aloe marlothii—yes, I'm quite fond of this look

Aloe conifera

Aloe 'Eric the Red' (right), Aloidendron 'Hercules' (far left)

Aloe 'Moonglow', with a vigorous prostrate form of Acacia glaucoptera

Aloe 'Moonglow' pushing new flowers. It's always one of the earliest aloes to flower for me.

A different Aloe 'Moonglow' (I have three clumps), newly flushed, with a much smaller Aloe rubroviolacea which I just planted. I know, the two aloes are much too close together, but my expectation is that 'Moonglow' will continue to grow vertically, leaving room for rubroviolacea to spread out.

On Saturday, I finally completed a project that started when Aloe ferox fell over this summer, leaving a gap that begged to be filled. For a while, I wasn't completely sure what to replace it with, but I finally went with my original choice: the Aloe globuligemma × marlothii that had been growing next to Agave vilmoriniana 'Stained Glass' in the smaller succulent mound in the front garden. I had moved it to an out-of-the-way corner of the front garden but it simply languished there. So here it is in its new—hopefully forever—home:

If you want to know how I moved it, please go to this post. I wrapped it with the same old dog blanket you see in one of the photos in that post and carried it pressed against my body.

Even though the sun is fairly weak at this time of year, I decided to drape some window screen over it to prevent sunburn:

It expect it to change color fairly quickly. My hope is that it will settle in here and finally flower. That would the answer of how much globuligemma is really in this supposed hybrid. If it turns out that it has marlothii-type flowers, I'll declare it to be a straight marlothii. In that case, I'll rehome it because I already have two regular marlothii in the ground nearby and I don't need another one. Plus, there are other candidates for this prize spot waiting in the wings...

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