An evergreen perennial, it is a succulent plant, grows wild in tropical, semi-tropical, and arid climates around the world, but is equally home as a potted plant in your arrangement. It is cultivated for many commercial products, mainly as a topical skin treatments. Similar to a cactus with sharp thorns, but is in it's own genus.
Things You Need To Know
This plant likes the light bright and direct. If it's ever looking sad, a few hours in the sunlight will likely bring it back to life.
Many will not flower, but it helps if the plant's desert environment is imitated.
Let it dry for a couple of days then water it. The usual schedule is about 3-4 weeks. Make sure to get the water to the bottom of the soil. Fertilize at beginning of spring.
1 to 3 feet tall
Aloe Vera con be kept in pots or planters, but if together try yo to imitate desert conditions. Spacing should be about 1 foot apart.
Aloe Vera does better with fertilizers where the three numbers (i.e., "5-5-5") are equal, and slow release. They are very hardy, and should look good. They live about 12 years.