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Trade name: Gemini ![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PBR-logo-150x150.jpg)
Botanical name: Aloe 'Gemini' ![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PBR-logo-150x150.jpg)
Description: Masses of long lasting pale orange flowers in early winter. This tough little hybrid aloe produces a ball shaped plant with decorative foliage that forms an intriguing spiral as it matures. Suitable for mass plantings, borders or as a pot specimen.
Plant Info
Plant Size
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SmallSize.png)
Small
Habit
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Slow clumping groundcover
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 23](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-23.png)
Yes
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Height.png)
0.3m
Width (approx.)
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Width.png)
0.2m
Planting Density
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Spacing.png)
6 to 8 per square meter
Foliage Colour
![Grey Green](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grey-Green.png)
Green
Flower Colour
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/darker_orange.png)
Apricot / pale orange
Flowering Period
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Winter.png)
Winter
Water Requirement
![](https://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://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Attracts-Birds.png)
Birds (insect eaters and nectar feeding), bees, butterflies
Disease Resistance
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Disease.png)
Highly resistant to pests and disease
Soil Type
![Artboard 25](https://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://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WaterTolerance-Moderate.png)
High
Light Requirement
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LightRequirement-FullSun.png)
Full sun to part shade
Frost Tolerance
![](https://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
Legal notes:
Unauthorised commercial propagation or any sale, conditioning, export, import or stocking of propagation material of this variety is an infringement under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994