![Artboard 32 Tusker - The beauty in the tusks of the African elephant](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Artboard-32-2.jpg)
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Description
Trade name: Tusker™
Botanical name: Aloe Hybrid 'LEO 6074"
Description: Beautiful ivory coloured spires of tubular flowers adorn this special large single stemmed tree aloe in early winter. Effectively a "white" flowering Aloe ferox hybrid. Suitable as a feature plant in gardens
Plant Info
Plant Size
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ExtraLarge.png)
Extra Large
Habit
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Habit-GroundCover.png)
Forms thick trunk
Suitability for potting
![Artboard 24](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-24.png)
No
Height (approx. excluding flowers)
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Height.png)
1.8m
Width (approx.)
![](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Width.png)
1m
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
![Artboard 27](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-27.png)
Ivory
Flowering Period
![Artboard 19](https://aloe-aloe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Artboard-19.png)
Autumn, 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)
Resistant to pests and disease but need to watch for aphids during hot periods with no rain
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
This cultivar is widely available in commercial quantities across Australia for large landscape projects
Legal notes:
The trademark Tusker™ is owned by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture Pty. ‘Tusker™’ is a trade name and not a cultivar name. The botanical and cultivar names of this plant are Aloe hybrid 'LEO 6074'