{"id":3320,"date":"2019-12-18T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T08:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-960\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:06:46","slug":"aloes-with-red-foliage","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/aloes-with-red-foliage\/","title":{"rendered":"aloes with red foliage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Is there such a thing as a red aloe? Or an aloe that gets that color when planted in a sunny spot? I am especially interested in any that have a reddish tone. Do any of these survive the winter outdoors here in the Pacific Northwest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most famously red aloe is <em>Aloe cameronii<\/em>. In her book <em>Succulent Container Gardens<\/em> (Timber Press, 2010), Debra Lee Baldwin mentions several species that change color in sun:<br \/>\n&#8220;Aloes that turn color when given full sun include <em>Aloe cameronii<\/em> (crimson), <em>Aloe buhrii<\/em> (orange), and <em>Aloe taurii<\/em> and <em>Aloe dorothaea<\/em> (bright red). Softball-sized <em>Aloe nobilis<\/em>, which forms dark green rosettes with wedge-shaped leaves toothed with white or yellow prickles, turns shades of red-orange.&#8221;<br \/>\nBaldwin&#8217;s book also includes &#8220;design-oriented plant lists&#8221; with guidance about color.<\/p>\n<p>In our climate, most aloe species will need to be sheltered over the winter in a greenhouse. One local nursery, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertnorthwest.com\/catalog\/\">Desert Northwest<\/a> lists a couple of winter-hardy (or almost-hardy) aloes, but they are not the ones noted for their red foliage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there such a thing as a red aloe? Or an aloe that gets that color when planted in a sunny spot? I am especially interested in any that have a reddish tone. Do any of these survive the winter outdoors here in the Pacific Northwest? &nbsp; The most famously red aloe is Aloe cameronii. In her book Succulent Container Gardens (Timber Press, 2010), Debra Lee Baldwin mentions several species that change color in sun: &#8220;Aloes that turn color when&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/aloes-with-red-foliage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">aloes with red foliage<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[997],"class_list":["post-3320","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-aloe-cameronii"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/3320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}