![Artboard 8 Capricorn - From the constellation of Capricornus](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-8-3.jpg)
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Description
Trade name: Capricorn™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 'LEO 4538'
Description: Spectacular red flowers, becoming white when open, provide a stunning bi-colour floral display in early winter. This large tall stemming aloe hybrid would be a feature plant in any garden and is particularly suitable for landscape applications.
Plant Info
Plant Size
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ExtraLarge.png)
Extra Large
Habit
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Single stemming tree aloe
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 23](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-23.png)
Yes - Only very large containers
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Height.png)
1.7m
Width (approx.)
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Width.png)
1.2m
Planting Density
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Spacing.png)
1 per square meter
Foliage Colour
![Grey Green](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grey-Green.png)
Grey green
Flower Colour
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/reddishpink-ivory.png)
Red to white bicolour
Flowering Period
![Artboard 19](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-19.png)
Autumn, Winter
Water Requirement
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.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.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Attracts-Birds.png)
Birds (insect eaters and nectar feeding), bees, butterflies
Disease Resistance
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Disease.png)
Highly resistant to pests and disease
Soil Type
![Artboard 25](https://www.aloe-aloe.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.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WaterTolerance-Moderate.png)
High
Light Requirement
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LightRequirement-FullSun.png)
Full sun
Frost Tolerance
![](https://www.aloe-aloe.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
This cultivar is widely available in commercial quantities across Australia for large landscape projects
Legal notes:
Unauthorised commercial propagation or any sale, conditioning, export, import or stocking of propagation material of this variety is an infringement under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 ™ The trademark Capricorn™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Capricorn™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 4538'