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These new leaves of Dioon spinulosum are bursting with life. Dioon spinulosum is of the Cycadales order, commonly called "cycad," of which the...
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...
Anyone know where I can purchase a Ginkgo biloba "Majestic butterfly" in Canada, preferably in the Lower Mainland of B.C.?
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...
Article about cycads from Macleans Magazine: http://www.macleans.ca/homepage/magazine/article.jsp?content=20070423_104257_104257
Does anyone have any cycads that need repotting? I have a potting mix on my web site (see "cycad care") that you can mix up yourself. Cycads...
Does anyone know where I could buy a pick-up load of pumice in the Lower Mainland?
Can anyone identify this plant for me? My aunt found it growing in the fringes of the forest on the Sunshine Coast of B.C. and she thinks it is...
Attached is a photo of my indoor cycad collection. Starting with the light green V-form at the top left to right you can see: Zamia furfuracea,...
This is a leaf detail of a beautiful Dioon spinulosum. The leaves are very stiff and a sort of sage grey-green, in a nice arching spray. This...
This is a Cycas circinalis coning. This species occurs in India, Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia. This specimen is in the...
Here is a photo of one of the cycads I saw recently at the Montreal Botanical Garden. This is Encephalartos paucidentatus, from South Africa....
These are photographs of a Zamia furfuracea (for the furry red hairs on the leaves and stem) throwing new leaves. Also called "cardboard palm"...
I need to measure the pH of many, many pots in my nursery which contain different potting soils and have concluded a pH meter is the way to go....
Cycads make wonderful house plants -- some species, anyway. Cycas revoluta, also known as the sago palm, is already becoming popular as an indoor...
As a cottage cycad nursery I am experimenting with the cold-hardiness of cycads in our area, the Pacific Northwest (of Canada). Last winter I...
This is a photo of the cataphylls (reduced scale-like leaves which act as a protective device and alternate in flushes with leaves) of a sago...
Cycads make good bonsai specimens because they grow so slowly and have very attractive leaves. Here is a photo of Cycas sexseminifera, a cycad...
This is a large Cycas revoluta throwing a new flush of leaves in Hilo, Hawaii.