About
Aloiampelos striatula is a perennial succulent characterized by its sprawling, bushy growth habit. The stems and leaf sheaths display a distinctive pattern of light and dark green stripes. In the summer, it produces yellow flower racemes topped with prominent orange stamens, reaching heights of up to 40 cm.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Cactus Succulent
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Rock garden, Sub-tropical
- Native to
- S. Africa, Lesotho
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Outdoors, grow in a sharply-draining soil in full sun. Under glass grow in a sharply-draining, peat-free, loam-based compost with extra sand or grit. Outdoors protect from excessive winter wet. As an endemic of high-altitude habitats in South Africa, if given very sharp drainage is hardy in average winters throughout much of the UK, except the far north
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed in spring at 21°C or from stem cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects and mealybugs under glass
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free, except in wet or poorly-drained soils where it may be susceptible to root rot