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Now Blooming: Aloes

Now Blooming: Aloes

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Orange-red aloe ferox with raindrops

Past eventSat., Nov. 15, 2025–Sun., April 5, 2026

Dates are approximate | Free with general admission

California Garden, Desert Garden, Cycad Garden

Enjoy a sea of aloe flowers blooming now throughout the California Garden, Desert Garden, and Cycad Garden near The Huntington Art Gallery.

Garden Experiences

Winter is one of the showiest seasons at The Huntington, especially in the Desert Garden. Thousands of colorful aloes are at the peak of their bloom right now, making it the perfect time to explore this 10-acre landscape. Their torch-like inflorescences, or flower clusters, light up the garden in brilliant shades of red, orange, yellow, and gold.

More Plants "Now Blooming"

An aloe plant in bloom with stalks of red-orange to yellow flowers.

Aloe ‘Rooikappie’, or Little Red Riding Hood Aloe

Four culsters of aloe flowers from yellow-green to coral pink.

A hillside garden with cycads and aloes with yellow flowers.

Yellow Aloe flowers blooming in a desert landscape.

Go to image 1: An aloe plant in bloom with stalks of red-orange to yellow flowers..

Go to image 2: Aloe ‘Rooikappie’, or Little Red Riding Hood Aloe.

Go to image 3: Four culsters of aloe flowers from yellow-green to coral pink..

Go to image 4: A hillside garden with cycads and aloes with yellow flowers..

Go to image 5: Yellow Aloe flowers blooming in a desert landscape..

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Aloe 'David Verity' in the Desert Garden.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Aloe ‘Rooikappie,’ or Little Red Riding Hood Aloe, is a more compact, cultivated variety of aloe. Photo by Sandy Masuo.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Aloe tongaensis.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Aloe fievetii blooms in The Huntington’s new hillside cycad garden, a dramatic showcase of thousands of plants donated by the late Loran and Eva Whitelock. Photo by Gary Roberson.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Aloe elegans in the garden. Photo by Deb Miller.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Peak color is subject to change based on weather patterns, rainfall, high winds, and other factors. Stay up to date with bloom reports on our social media channels. TikTok | Facebook | Instagram

Desert Garden

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Torch Bearers of the Desert Garden

Aloe ferox with red inflorescences.

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