Candy cane flower

[TimV]

This one isn't "special" in the sense that it does anything really funky like cure disease or kill bugs, but in the winter time not much else is flowering, so it's a nice addition, and I thought I'd share it with you all. Fancy name is Aloinopsis, and it's related to the daisy, and found in a southern African desert. A small genus, with only a few species. You can see the leaves are camouflaged to protect from herbivores.

 

[Christusregnat]

Nice! I liked the ones better that eat bugs...

 

[TeachingTulip]

I don't suppose they have been propagated to California ???

 

[TimV]

Yes, I've been growing them here for 5 years.

 

[TeachingTulip]

QUOTE=TimV;750821]Yes, I've been growing them here for 5 years.[/QUOTE]


Indeed!


In So. California, though. . .

We live in Zone 7 in the Central California foothills, and do get freezes and snow, for brief periods of time, which prove to be detrimental for the survival of anything close to being a succulent or annual.

What do you think? Might I hope to possess such beauties in Sonora?

 

[TimV]

You'd have to have a greenhouse, since a serious frost and really wet weather would kill these!

 

[Laura]

I think looking at candy cane flowers could cure the "disease" of melancholy pretty well. Those are really beautiful.

 

[Andres]

are they edible? More importantly, do they taste "minty"?

 

[Augusta]

I need a greenhouse.