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A private Johannesburg Encephalartos cycad garden

Johannesburg Cycad Encephalartos Garden

I have been holding on to this post for over a year now. Figured it was about time that I showed readers the most impressive Encephalartos cycad collection I have seen in a private garden. Of course it had to be in South Africa, the land of Encephalartos. This garden I am about to show is only…

November 10, 2016

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Filed Under: CYCADS Tagged With: Agaves, Aloes, Cycads, Rock Garden, South Africa

Cycad cones – reproduction of the world’s oldest seed plants

Cycas thouarsii Male Cone

Cycads are what I consider to be one of the most underused plant groups in people’s landscapes. Sure, some can be spiny and expensive, but the tradeoff certainly outweighs these possible negatives. For example, how many other plants can you grow in your garden that actually increase in value with each flush of new leaves? Cycads…

September 3, 2015

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Filed Under: CYCADS Tagged With: South Africa, Water Wise

Warm weather means flushing cycads

Encephalartos lehmannii x trispinosus

Walking around the garden on this beautiful Southern California day I noticed that it is cycad flushing season again. While cycads can flush anytime of the year, it is usually during the summer that the majority of my plants flush or cone. When you consider the only major changes you can see in a cycad…

June 25, 2014

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Filed Under: CYCADS Tagged With: South Africa, Water Wise

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