![Artboard 11 Eager Beaver - Busy, industrious and zealous](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-11-3.jpg)
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Description
Trade name: Eager Beaver™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 'LEO 1086B'
Description: An early and strong flowering aloe that will eventually grow a stout stem or trunk capable of supporting the massive orange coloured flowers. Suitable as a feature plant in the garden, in a pot or in tough landscaping conditions.
Plant Info
Plant Size
![Medium Size](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Medium-Size.png)
Medium
Habit
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Single stemming Aloe ferox hybrid but can shoot to form shrub
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 23](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-23.png)
Yes - Only very large containers
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Height.png)
1.4m
Width (approx.)
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Width.png)
1.0m
Planting Density
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Spacing.png)
1 per square meter
Foliage Colour
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Green.png)
Green
Flower Colour
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/darker_orange.png)
Orange
Flowering Period
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Winter.png)
Winter
Water Requirement
![](https://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://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Attracts-Birds.png)
Birds (insect eaters and nectar feeding), bees, butterflies
Disease Resistance
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Disease.png)
Highly resistant to pests and disease
Soil Type
![Artboard 25](https://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://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WaterTolerance-Moderate.png)
High
Light Requirement
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LightRequirement-FullSun.png)
Full sun
Frost Tolerance
![](https://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
There is limited availability of this rare aloe cultivar nationally
Please contact the Aloe-Aloe farm directly to source it at [email protected]
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 Eager Beaver™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Eager Beaver™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 1086B'