Round rosettes reach up to 25cm inches (25 cm) tall making it an attractive small succulent that is an excellent container plant. Being easy to care for and long-lived, it is a great beginner houseplant. Stand it in the window or on the verandah or as part of a miniature succulent garden. Likes light shade to shade but can tolerate some full sun during the day. Water occasionally and ensure soil is free-draining.
- Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
- Family: Asphodelaceae
- Genus: X Gasteraloe
- Scientific Name: x Gasteraloe beguinii
- Common Names: Lizard Tail, Pearl Aloe
- Hardiness: outdoors USDA Hardiness Zones 3 through 8
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How to Grow and Care
These plants, which are grown outdoors like perennials in the frost-free climatic zones, look very well planted in rock gardens.
In areas of colder weather, Gasteraloes are wonderful houseplants and their popularity is growing as patio plants grow in containers.
Gasteraloe plants grow best in partial/mottled sunlight with protection from the hot afternoon sun.
Cultivated as an outdoor perennial in frost-free areas, Gasteraloe will generally survive only with little intervention from the gardener.
Like a houseplant or potted patio plant, Gasteraloe should be treated as a typical succulent... - Learn more at TIPS: HOW TO GROW AND CARE GASTERIA
Origin:
x Gasteraloe beguinii is a hybrid of Aristaloe aristata (formerly known as Aloe aristata) and Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa.
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