Grows well but slowly both in Tampa and in the coastal Jacksonville, FL area with some protection. Also looks best with some protection ...Read Morefrom blazing hot sunshine. Available on a limited (but pricey) basis in Florida from some growers.
ferox has sailed through two San Francisco bay area winters and is a deep lush green. It may be common in subtropical areas but it is not...Read More common here,-and should be!...faster growing than the easier to find Dioons or Macrozamias. It does look best in part shade as pointed out by palmbob.
2012: Still doing fine. The winter of 2007 and the unexpected sharp 32f of December 2011,didn't affect it. It is still a slow growing plant,but faster then most cycads. Cycad people know what I mean. I have seen them with 4-6' fronds on large old plants and with neon orange cones..so far,mine has about 3' fronds..and larger by the year.
2013: The California freeze of Jan 2013? NO problem in the bay area. And just looks as exotic as ever. No doubt in the top ten list of norcal cycads.
This is one of the faster growing and easy to find (and cheaper) Encephalartos available in cultivation. It is popular because of it's i...Read Morenteresting, yet very sharp, spiny, wide, deep green leaflets, and the firey red reproductive cones they produce. It is one of the few Encephalartos that prefer not to be grown if full, blazing hot sun (leaves will blanch), though it will survive and grow faster in that situation.
Grows well but slowly both in Tampa and in the coastal Jacksonville, FL area with some protection. Also looks best with some protection ...Read More
ferox has sailed through two San Francisco bay area winters and is a deep lush green. It may be common in subtropical areas but it is not...Read More
This is one of the faster growing and easy to find (and cheaper) Encephalartos available in cultivation. It is popular because of it's i...Read More