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Aloe Brevifolia
Aloe Brevifolia
A low, clumping Cape aloe with chunky, blue-grey rosettes that stays small.
- Very easy
- Bright light to full sun
- When fully dry
- 12cm grow pot
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Aloe Brevifolia
R 75.00
About this plant
About this plant
Aloe Brevifolia
Also known as: Short-leaved Aloe or Crocodile Plant
Short plant 10-15cm tall
Easy succulent to grow and maintain indoors and outdoors.
Make sure that the soil is completely dried out before watering again.
Soil must drain very well.
Bright indirect sunlight indoors or full sun outdoors.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
A compact, blue-grey Cape aloe
Aloe brevifolia · also known as Short-leaved aloe, crocodile plant
Native to Western Cape, South Africa
An indigenous dwarf aloe that forms tight clumps of short, fleshy rosettes edged with soft teeth. It stays just 10 to 15cm tall, with orange-red flowers in time.
- A short, clumping aloe that stays only 10 to 15cm tall, in a 12cm pot.
- Grows happily indoors in bright light or outdoors in full sun.
- An indigenous Western Cape aloe with neat rosettes of toothed, blue-grey leaves.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Bright indirect light by a sunny window indoors, or full sun outdoors. The leaves blush pinkish in strong sun.
Care card
- Light
- Bright to full sun
- Water
- When fully dry
- Humidity
- Any
- Temperature
- 5 to 30°C, no frost
- Soil
- Very free-draining
- Feeding
- Twice in summer
- Growth
- Slow, clumping
- Outdoors
- Yes, full sun
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Place it in your brightest spot as soon as it arrives.
- Water only once the soil is completely dry.
- Use a gritty, free-draining mix if you repot it.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Soft, mushy rosetteToo much water. Let the soil dry right out and water less.
- Leaves turning pinkishNormal in strong sun. It's healthy.
- Pale, stretched leavesNot enough light. Move it to a brighter spot.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A plant in a 12cm pot. It stays a compact 10 to 15cm tall. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Can it grow indoors?
Can it grow indoors?
Yes, by a bright window. It also does well outdoors in full sun.
Will it spread?
Will it spread?
Yes, slowly. It makes offsets that form a low clump.
Packed to arrive alive
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