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It is hard on plants being moved from the nursery where they were grown, to a store, and then again to their new home in your house. It's not...
Cut the old leaves off, reduce watering to once a month until new leaves start to flush. This might take several months, probably not until...
Most nurseries carry a palm and cycad fertilizer. You can also make your own organic fertilizer (see recipes on my web site under "Cycad Care")....
It looks from the photos like a Cycas revoluta (commonly called Sago palm, although it is not a palm at all). I would put her in the unheated...
These new leaves of Dioon spinulosum are bursting with life. Dioon spinulosum is of the Cycadales order, commonly called "cycad," of which the...
Actually, it is more like a delicate bamboo. The pot is a one-gallon size, more or less, and the fronds are about two feet hanging down. I...
Thank you so much, Ron. Any ballpark idea as to its age? It seems so very old.
If they were cycad seeds they would be covered in a fleshy "fruit", underneath which the seed itself would look like a nut (with a hard shell)....
Just wanted to share this photo of my handsome cycad, Zamia vazquezii. This plant is 9 years old now. Cycads grow very slowly and make great pot...
This ancient tree is growing feet from a saltwater cove on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. There is a freshwater stream flowing into the...
Ah, very smart. Phew! You had me worried there... It is a beautiful specimen you have. Bravo.
AmazingMaples, that Wollemia planted right next to your house is going to get very, very tall and will have to either be moved or cut down...
In fact, cycads are so valuable that a black market has sprung up around cycads where they can sell for $100,000 (see recent Globe and Mail...
Sounds like a great idea. Let's talk.
While a few people have had success growing them outdoors in sheltered locations, for the most part it is safest to bring them indoors over...
Anyone know where I can purchase a Ginkgo biloba "Majestic butterfly" in Canada, preferably in the Lower Mainland of B.C.?
Here's a close-up.
Thought some of you may like to see a double-caudex Dioon spinulosum. I had this growing in my living room for a few years; now it's in the...
You could just plant it in a plastic pot that fits nicely inside the pretty ceramic pot and then take it out for watering, making sure no water...
Drainage is probably the most important part about growing plants in pots. I would repot it in a fresh batch of soil with drainage holes and see...
