Sunset Aloe

This low-growing aloe with stiff, shiny leaves grows two to three feet tall and twenty inches wide, producing many offsets. It forms a clump of rosettes or spirals on very short stems that stay low to the ground. Its leaves are yellowish-green to bright orange-red with sharp whitish-gray teeth that grow along the margins. In late winter to early spring, it produces a flower stalk that grows two feet high with dark red flowers and greenish-yellow petals.  Use it in rock gardens with other showy aloes and succulents, in containers and raised planters in protected locations, or where a splash of color is needed in a desert gardens. It is native to eastern Africa and Tanzania.