![Artboard 5 Bottlebrush - Abundance, laughter and joy](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-5-3.jpg)
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Description
Trade name: Bottlebrush™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 'LEO 1463'
Description: The flowers on Bottlebrush are extremely decorative with yellow buds opening slowly in late winter so as to reveal striking orange stamens that “glow” and resemble a bottlebrush. These amazing flowers tower above the statuesque 2.5m+ tree comprising of a dominant single trunk and one or more terminal rosettes of large chunky sword shaped green leaves.
Plant Info
Plant Size
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ExtraLarge.png)
Large
Habit
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Tree aloe with sword shaped leaves
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 23](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-23.png)
Yes - Only very large containers
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Height.png)
2.5m
Width (approx.)
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Width.png)
1m
Planting Density
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Spacing.png)
1 per square meter
Foliage Colour
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Green.png)
Green
Flower Colour
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yellow_orange.png)
Yellow-orange bicolour
Flowering Period
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Winter.png)
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)
Highly resistant to pests and disease
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
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WaterTolerance-Moderate.png)
High
Light Requirement
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LightRequirement-FullSun.png)
Full sun
Frost Tolerance
![](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FrostMedium.png)
Medium
Maintenance
- Water during Summer
- Provide fertiliser/compost in Spring
- Remove old spent flowers (not necessary)
- Remove old leaves (not necessary)
Purchase Info
There is limited availability of this rare aloe cultivar nationally
Please contact the Aloe-Aloe farm directly to source it at [email protected]
![Artboard 5](https://www.aloealoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-5-2.jpg)
Legal notes:
The trademark Bottlebrush™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Bottlebrush™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 1463'