Beautiful and sculptural; these are two terms often used to describe both aloes and agaves. Aloes and agaves are two groups of succulents that do extremely well in our hot climate, with little or no ...

Brian Kemble is curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. His monthly column focuses on drought tolerant plants and dry gardens. When the genus Aloe is mentioned, many people think ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Q I heard that an aloe with hairy flowers is ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Aloe plants are so forgiving, so useful and so ubiquitous in Southern ...