PlantFiles: Climbing Aloe
Aloe ciliaris

I've kept this one aloe ciliaris plant as a houseplant since 1978 (given to me by a horticulture teacher in high school). I've never known the name of it until just recently when I wrote Walter Reeves of WSB radio 750 AM to identify it. I live in Georgia near Atlanta so it must be brought indoors prior to first freeze, otherwise, as has been pointed out, it melts to mush. It has never bloomed but must be kept trimmed to fit through the door. Otherwise, it just stays in full sun all summer and needs little/no maintenance. Great plant! I'm not a seller...just happy to have finally found out what the heck it is.

Is a very nice flowering plant. In my garden on Tenerife it flowers nearly the complete year. I am situated at 900 meter level and can adapt several exotic plants here,

Common landsape aloe that branches profusely and climbs all over everything. EAsy to control, so wouldn't actually say it's invasive, but it can cover other stuff up if you let it. Has nice pale red to deep orange-red flowers, with yellow tips, all year round, though more so mid winter. Small leaves with insignificant spines along the edges. Makes a good hedge.
This is one of the easiest aloes to grow from cuttings- just snip off a branch, stuff it in the ground and it will usually grow well (obviously in somewhat moist but very well draining soil would be best, though I have stuck some cuttings in what looks like pure clay and they have rooted and taken off as well).

Found out this is very cold sensitve species the hard way, this Jan 07 when southern California had an extremely unusual freeze... got down to 27F in my yard and every single plant was turned to mush- obviously one of the least cold hardy aloes there are, as I have 250 species, and this was one of the only ones completely erased from the yard, and in dramatic, melting fashion. At least this is a common and easy one to replace.