Don’t you just love the way these aloes brighten our winters, flowering from sea level to mountain top? Aloe arborescens was one of the first south Afican aloes collected and planted in the Company’s Garden in the Cape. It is probably the most widely cultivated aloe in the world.

The health properties of Aloe aborescens became well known after the sap was used to treat irradiation burn victims of Hiroshima.

Today the sap is used medicinally and in skincare products. It is also used in a variety of food and drinks, once the bitter taste has been removed. Candelabra aloe, kransaalwyn.