I went through a phase about seven years ago where I ordered a bunch of seeds from South Africa. Aloinopsis seeds were among those and I grew myself one strong seedling.

This is a fun plant that has a caudex, or big, woody stem that makes it look treelike when it really just wants to be a short ground cover. My plant had a flower bud once, but I never saw it bloom–I had to leave town and missed it! But it should bloom again someday with large, interesting, daisy-like flowers.

The leaves are interesting, too–really solid and succulent. And the colors on the plant run from green through red.

I moved this plant to a trough garden in 2020 and my hope is to grow it a little drier and happier and maybe encourage a bunch of flowers when I am in town.