Aloe cooperi Musa This Doyle Smittle hybrid looks

This Doyle Smittle hybrid looks like Hedychium coronarium on steroids

sold under the illegally used tradename

Some sunlight when the foliage is green is essential for good growth and flowering

but we've never found this to be a problem

it will begin to show signs of aging and leaf degradation

Aloe cooperi Musa This Doyle Smittle hybrid looksNot to be confused with a '70s rock singer with unmown, grasslike hair, Aloe cooperi hails from the dry, open grasslands in the Natal Mountains of South Africa where it was discovered in 1860. The narrow, green, V shaped leaves are edged with a row of tiny white bumps. The fast multiplying, 2' wide deciduous clumps are topped in midsummer with 2' terminal flower spikes of dangling coral orange flowers. Both the young shoots and flowers are edible and