Everywhere you go along the southern edges of the Karoo, a slow-blooming colour splash straddles the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, brightening every north-facing hillside with colonies of ferocious ...

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 was told that there was a plant of Aloe ...

CAPE TOWN - Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday returned to the podium with an Aloe Ferox plant when delivering his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament on Wednesday. The minister ...

The world of aloes is a large and complex one, with whole books on the subject. It is becoming more common to see a variety of attractive species populating nurseries, because aloes are tough and ...

WHILE South Africa harvests a mere 200 tons of Aloe Ferox annually, our global competitors, like Mexico, churn out a staggering 400 000 tons of Aloe Vera. This stark contrast not only highlights a ...

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will likely begin his budget address by giving an update on health of his little aloe ferox plant, which has become a surrogate of sorts for the state of SA's economy.

Ferox is Latin for "ferocious," so when a plant’s specific (species) name is "ferox," you can be certain it’s armed with spines or thorns — which doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be cultivated. After all, ...

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