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Aloe perfoliata
Mitra Aloe (Aloe perfoliata) is a tough, compact, creeping South African aloe that sprawls over rocks and slopes and flowers in summer, unlike most aloes. It grows best in full sun, where its leaves turn bluish and tightly packed.
Aloe perfoliata, the rubble aloe or mitre aloe, is a hardy creeping aloe, found in rocky, mountainous areas throughout the Western Cape, South Africa.
A very tough and compact species, it can be grown on embankments, rocky slopes and walls, and it easily survives through both very hot summers and snow in the winter. These aloes are also used in arid gardens as they flower in the summer (unlike most aloes), but require full sun for maximum flowering.
The species can easily be propagated by taking stem cuttings, dried for a day or two and planted in sand.
Aloe perfoliata is indigenous to the Western Cape and some adjacent areas in the Northern and Eastern Cape of South Africa. Here it typically occurs in mountainous rocky Fynbos, overflowing into neighboring Karoo and Albany Thicket vegetation.
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