![Artboard 34 Winter Bells - Ring those winter bells](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-34-2.jpg)
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Trade name: Winter Bells™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 8521A ![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PBR-logo-150x150.jpg)
Description: Dainty plant with narrow dark green leaves with a reddish edge and bearing masses of pendulous ivory coloured bell-shaped flowers on a single inflorescence for up to 6 months in autumn and winter.
Plant Info
Plant Size
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SmallSize.png)
Small
Habit
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Clumping form
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 23](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-23.png)
Yes
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
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0.2m
Width (approx.)
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0.2m
Planting Density
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4 - 6 per square meter
Foliage Colour
![Dark Green](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dark-Green.png)
Dark green with dominant red decorative edge
Flower Colour
![Artboard 27](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-27.png)
Old ivory (bicolour)
Flowering Period
![Artboard 22](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-22.png)
Summer, Autumn, Winter
Water Requirement
![](https://www.aloealoe.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.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Attracts-Birds.png)
Birds (insect eaters and nectar feeding), bees, butterflies
Disease Resistance
![](https://www.aloealoe.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.aloealoe.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
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High
Light Requirement
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Full sun to part shade
Frost Tolerance
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FrostLow.png)
Low
Maintenance
- Water during Summer
- Provide fertiliser/compost in Spring
- Remove old spent flowers (not necessary)
- Remove old leaves (not necessary)
Purchase Info
This cultivar is widely available in commercial quantities across Australia for large landscape projects
Legal notes:
The trademark Winter Bells™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Winter Bells™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 8521A'