Large Aloe type plant..

Hi there, I have this what I think is an Aloe in a pot. The plant used to be a houseplant, but it got quite big and to save me bleeding out everytime I attempted to move it inside, I just left it outside to face it's day of reckoning. The plant itself has sharp spines on the side and under it's leaves, and looking at how hideous it looks, it's potentially a fairly tender plant.

Any ideas?

 

Evening Stephen. It could well be an Aloe Vera. I brought mine from the UK about 10 years ago and it is huge, flowers every year (even it's babies now) and is very spikey/spiney. They do tolerate some cold weather and can look a little mankey at times, which could be the problem with yours.

I would guess Pete or Strongy or Sal could come along and advise better for your location.

 

Don't look anything like my Aloe, the cat chews the ends of mine so its not spikey.

Think you might have a Yucca?

 

If it has thorns on the backs of the leaves and on the margins it could be Aloe ferrox.
It gets big fairly fast and is not really hardy.

Its definitely an Aloe.

 

I like that, half fish half plant http://www.welcometoscotland.com/ab...porting-fish/brown-trout-sea-trout-and-ferrox

 

Never knew there was a fish called a Ferrox.
Think I'll stick to cod though.

 

And I never knew there was a Aloe called Ferrox either We'd make a great team in a pub quiz

 

If Ive pulled off growing an Aloe ferox through 2 winters, I'm going to be extremely pleased... It looks hideous, but it's alive. The brown marks outwards are previous years growth, the green inwards from the brown marks are last years growth, so it made some growth quite fast.

 

That's a very sick looking Aloe broomii.

I would repot it in some fresh soil, and it could do with a bit more warmth. Probably the min it should be kept at is 5°C

This is Aloe ferox
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/aloe-ferox.50018/

 

This is what a healthy A broomii should look like: