Description

This slow-growing tree has a heavy, mottled gray trunk with forking branches. It produces 2'-3' leaves in rosettes and rose/pink flowers that appear in fall or winter. This tree can reach 30' tall and 20' wide. Leaves are long, evergreen, thin, channeled, curved with toothed margins. It does best in full sun with loamy soil. Great for large containers. Deer resistant. Botanical name changed to Aloidendron barberae. Trunk can eventually reach 3' in diameter. Roots may be invasive so plant away from structures.