With parents native to Madagascar, Aloe ‘Christmas Carol’ is a small succulent that produces rosettes smaller than 1-foot tall and wide with 6-inch-long leaves. The deep green, lance-shaped leaves have soft but spine-like, vibrant, dark red, raised markings down the center and along the leaf margin and are stippled with creamy white dots. The flowers, which bloom in fall and winter, are reddish-pink, though their color is often described as orange. This Kelly Griffin hybrid is what Kelly calls a multigeneration hybrid that possibly includes the legendary and beautiful Aloe 'Doran Black' as a parent, or at the very least, shares some of its characteristics. Christmas Carol aloe has all the beauty of 'Doran Black', with the addition of vibrant red colors in the leaves. It is successful when used as small-scale ground cover in rock gardens or containers. It thrives in full sun, where its color will be brighter, but it can also be planted in light shade. It requires well-drained soil with occasional irrigation in USDA Zones 9 to 11.