Cycad

I own about 10 of these. Three year old seedlings I grew from seed. This last winter they were encased in ice. They were not amused. The ...Read Moreleaves died but the plants just flushed out again. Cycads as a general rule are tough and these are no exception.
George in San Antonio

This is a recently described species from the higher elevations in Thailand, named after Kampon Tansacha, director of Nong Nooch Gardens,...Read More who helped in its discovery. It is a robust, fast-growing species and was thought to probably be a bit tropical in its needs, like Cycas siamensis from similar habitat... but turns out it is extremely frost tolerant growing very well and easily in southern California.. one of the fastest and easiest Cycas species to be grown here! It is becoming more and more common and turning out to be a great landscape plant. Has fine leaflets are arranged in a flat plane along the rachis, but in older leaves, tend to hang down just below the rachis a bit giving it a soft, friendly look. Petiolar spines are short and well spaced, but still sharp so take care when pruning