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Dall'America mi hanno fatto avere foto che allego in copia di una magnifica Aloe Bainesi di Sorrento
Dal Sud Africa importanti novità:
Una minima di -7°, pur avendo bruciato le foglie non ha danneggiato la pianta che è ripartita senza problemi nel marzo successivo.
Inoltre, frequenti abbassamenti a -2° sono ben tollerati.
Allego il messaggio in originale:
Dear Angelo and all,
Welcome to the Aloe list, Angelo!
This is a beautiful Aloe you have there in your garden - it seems to like
your climate very much! May I remind everyone that the correct name for
A.bainesii this one is now A.barberae (yes yes I know, old habits are hard
to kill! ;-)
Great pictures from you too, Paul and Alain!
Keep growing, they can get up to 18 meters tall! Although it seems to me
that there are two types of A.barberae: the more squat ones which branch
relatively low down, and the very tall lanky one which only starts branching
way up. But I am not sure if this is just environmental influence.
Mine looks like it belongs to the latter type. It is now about 3,5 meters
tall and only started branching two years ago. It is in a totally exposed
position and sticks out way above the fence and any protective shrubbery,
the large tree which used to shelter it when it was small is now long gone.
It survived a -7C two winters ago, it did look shocking after this frost,
all leaves brown and hanging, but the plant itself took no serious damage
and it carried on growing normally in spring. This really surprised me.
Normally it gets only down to around -2C a few times in winter here. But:
the winters are dry.
At last, the two Cape Sparrow's nests got blown out by the last storm - and
guess what, a new one is already up there! This kind of sparrow makes the
most hideous huge untidy nests, and this Aloe is a real magnet for them!
Maddy
in South Africa
Un saluto agli amici del forum e Auguri per un bellissimo 2005.