![Artboard 24 Ruby Blaze - Merrily blazing fire](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-24-2.jpg)
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Description
Trade name: Ruby Blaze™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 'LEO 8552'
Description: This amazing slow stemming and long flowering sun perennial bears many upright bright red flower buds with dark tips which create a cloud of glowing red over the plant. Each rosette of a mature plant can carry up to 6 strongly branched inflorescences (standing up to 120cm high). These develop simultaneously and each of these can carrying more than 30 flower clusters which means a single plant can bear more than 150 separate flower clusters (each up to 15cm tall)- amazing flower power and highly recommended for gardens and landscaping.
Plant Info
Plant Size
![Medium Size](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Medium-Size.png)
Medium
Habit
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Slow stemming with shoot formation as a mature plant
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 23](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-23.png)
No
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Height.png)
1.1m
Width (approx.)
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Width.png)
1m
Planting Density
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Spacing.png)
1 per square meter
Foliage Colour
![Dark Green](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dark-Green.png)
Dark Green
Flower Colour
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/red.png)
Ruby Red
Flowering Period
![Artboard 19](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-19.png)
Winter, Autumn
Water Requirement
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WaterTolerance-Low.png)
Low but plant will benefit from water in very dry climate, particularly in summer.
Attracts Wildlife
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Attracts-Birds.png)
Birds (insect eaters and nectar feeding), bees, butterflies
Disease Resistance
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Disease.png)
Resistant to pests and disease but need to watch for aphids during hot periods with no rain
Soil Type
![Artboard 25](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-25.png)
Most soil types as long as free draining but rich soil preferred. If clay soils must raise plant so water drains away
Ability to cope with high rainfall
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WaterTolerance-Moderate.png)
High
Light Requirement
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LightRequirement-FullSun.png)
Full sun
Frost Tolerance
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FrostMedium.png)
Medium
Maintenance
- Water during Summer
- Provide fertiliser/compost in Spring
- Remove old spent flowers (not necessary)
- Remove old leaves (not necessary)
Purchase Info
There is limited availability of this rare aloe cultivar nationally
Please contact the Aloe-Aloe farm directly to source it at [email protected]
Legal notes:
The trademark Ruby Blaze™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Ruby Blaze™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 8552'