One of the most common, and useful, houseplants is aloe vera. This succulent sits on the kitchen windowsill of many homes, just waiting to answer a 911 call when minor kitchen burns, sunburns or ...

The soap aloe is just one of those plants that stir up a passion in gardeners and plant aficionados across the country. It's known botanically as Aloe maculata and at first glance, you would swear it ...

Brian Kemble is curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. His monthly column focuses on drought tolerant plants and dry gardens. When the genus Aloe is mentioned, many people think ...

Q:I BOUGHT an aloe plant last year at the Ruth Bancroft Garden and the cold weather in January reduced it to a pile of mush. I liked the look of my aloe, but have been afraid to plant another one ...