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Nursery Direct

Aloe ‘Copper Shower’

Regular price $800.00 AUD
Regular price Sale price $800.00 AUD
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Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation

The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.

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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.

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You order. We do the rest.

After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.

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Product Details

Overview & Specifications

Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.

Aloe ‘Copper Shower’

Bred for flower rather than foliage, this hybrid aloe throws branched inflorescences of warm coppery orange through the cold months, when very little else in a dry garden is doing anything. The rosette is mid sized, clumping and neatly toothed, so it holds a tidy evergreen shape between flowerings. Like the other modern Aloe hybrids it is selected to flower young, repeat reliably and stay in proportion in a garden bed rather than a collection.

Why Aloe ‘Copper Shower’

Winter flowering: The display arrives between late autumn and late winter, filling the season when succulent gardens usually go quiet.
Warm flower tone: Coppery orange sits between the hard reds and the pale yellows, working with terracotta, rusted steel and sandstone.
Clumping habit: It thickens into a multi headed clump rather than a single rosette, so coverage improves each year.
Nectar source: Honeyeaters and wattlebirds work the spikes through winter.
Genuinely low water: Established plants need no irrigation in most coastal and temperate gardens.

Ideal Applications

Winter colour beds: Grouped in a low water bed for a season when there is nothing else to look at.
Driveway strips: Massed along a drive where hot dry conditions rule out most flowering plants.
Large pots: A clump in a wide container flowers well and needs little attention.
Coastal and sandy gardens: Handles salt wind and free draining sand without complaint.

Specimen & Installation

Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.6 to 0.8m for a continuous mass
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1 to 1.2m
Best Planting Season: Spring through autumn while soil is warm
Soil & Drainage: Free draining sandy or gravelly soil of low fertility; raise the bed or mound in clay
Establishment Care: Water weekly for the first six to eight weeks to settle the roots, then move to occasional deep soaks and none at all in winter. Use gravel mulch, keep organic matter away from the crown, and remove spent flower stems at the base once the last buds have opened.

Plant Details

Height: 0.6 to 0.9m of foliage, with flower spikes to about 1.2m
Width: 0.8 to 1.2m, clumping
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen succulent
Light: Full sun to light shade
Native to: Garden hybrid of southern African parentage
Flower Colour: Coppery orange

Delivery & Installation

Delivery and installation are included in your price

No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.

Delivery & installation Included
  • Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
  • Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
  • Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
How It Works

Installation

Professional installation included, never extra

Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.

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Why Nursery Direct

Every price includes supply, delivery and installation

Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.

  • One price: supplied, delivered and installed
  • Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
  • National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
  • Residential, estate and commercial projects
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How It Works

Place your order. We do the rest.

1

We Supply

Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.

2

We Deliver

Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.

3

We Install

Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.

Good To Know

Questions, answered

What exactly is included in the price?

Everything for a standard installation: the plant itself, free specialist delivery to your property, and professional installation by our planting team into prepared or accessible ground, with no freight fees added later. If your site needs a crane or other difficult access work, that is quoted separately and agreed with you before anything is booked, never after. Difficult access has its own question on this page.

How does installation work?

After you order, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. On the day, your plants arrive by specialist freight and our installers position, plant, stake and mulch them, then leave the site tidy.

When will my order arrive?

Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm details and book the delivery and planting day, so you have a date before anything ships. Timing can vary with stock location and your area, and we confirm your exact day with you.

What if my site has tricky access?

Standard installation covers planting into accessible ground and is included in every price. If your site involves cranes, tight access or special machinery, we assess it with you after you order and agree on everything before any work begins. Always before, never after.

Do you offer a plant guarantee?

Yes, and it runs well past delivery day. Every plant is inspected before dispatch and protected in transit, and we guarantee it arrives alive and in reasonable condition. Beyond that you have a 30 day plant guarantee, and a 1 year conditional replacement warranty: if a plant fails within 12 months of delivery despite following our care recommendations, you can submit a claim for assessment. Claims need photographs of the plant and the planting site plus details of watering, drainage and soil, because living plants depend on the conditions they are put into. The full terms are in our refund policy.

What if the exact plant or size I order is not available?

Every plant is sourced to order from our grower network, so before anything ships we call you to confirm the exact stock we have secured, the size and the delivery day. If the plant you chose is not available in the size you wanted, we tell you on that call and go through the options with you, whether that is a different size, a close alternative or waiting for the right stock. Nothing is loaded onto a truck before you know what is coming. Full details are in our refund policy.

Can I plant outside the best planting season?

Yes. We deliver and plant all year round. The best planting season shown on each listing is about ideal establishment, not a restriction: planting in that window usually means less watering and a faster settling in period. Our team adjusts how a plant is installed and watered in for the conditions on the day, and if you are planting through peak summer heat or a cold snap we will talk you through the extra care it needs on your booking call.

Will this plant suit my climate?

Australia covers a lot of climates, and a plant that thrives in Brisbane can struggle in Ballarat. Every listing states the mature size, the light it wants and where the species comes from. If you are not certain a plant suits your frost, heat, wind or coastal exposure, send us an enquiry before you order and we will tell you honestly whether it is right for your site. We would rather talk you out of the wrong plant than replace it later.

Can I order for a large project?

Yes. For project quantities and commercial supply, use the Request Project Pricing button on any product and our sourcing team will put together a complete package: supplied, delivered and installed.