Happy Aloe Vera in Unexpected Spot

There is a tiny little patch of soil at my backyard, next to the laundry lines. I remember when I first moved in, I thought the spot looked horrible. It was dry, dirty (lots of dog hair, broken clothes pegs and rags). So, for a few months the spot was not occupied by anything. I didn't have the heart to plant anything there. 

I eventually tidied up that space, dug out some of the crushed rocks and topped it with some decent all purpose soil. I also realised how hot it is on that spot (brilliant spot for hanging laundry by the way). But, what kind of plant will survive there?!

At that time(probably about 2 years ago), my Aloe Vera was tiny and occupied a square plastic pot. I took a risk and planted it on the ground on that spot. Could be my luck or I do in fact have green thumbs, the Aloe Vera grew wild! 

I've harvested so many leaves of Aloe Vera for sunburn relieve and for face lotion. And this year, there were lots of little pups starting to develop. So, I separated them and replanted them along that same spot:

I also planted Johnny Jump Up Viola around them. I blend the Aloe Vera leaves gel and the viola flowers for sunburn relieve lotion, so I thought mind as well plant them at the same spot.

The original Aloe Vera plant had started developing pups again now:

It won't be long until I have to separate them again.