False Aloe
Manfreda virginica
False aloe is a soft-leaved, agave relative forming a flat rosette of fleshy spotted leaves and a tall spike of fragrant greenish-yellow night-flowers. A curious, drought-hardy native for sun.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV