This species has been hardy to 14F in containers in the cold frames. Young seedlings with a caudex of 1.5 inches or smaller are especia...Read Morelly vulnerable to freezing rain.
I bought seeds of this plant and have grown them on and now I have about 50 small one gallons. It has taken about 4 years to get to this ...Read Moresize. They are really slow. I set out two last Fall and one lived but lost all of its leaves, the other turned into mush. This makes me doubt their hardiness. I do not want to ditch them, as I have worked so hard to get them this far.. i will try planting a couple out again this year to see what happens. if they die then I am ditching them, unless someone wants them who lives in a warmer, dryer climate than mine! I suppose that you could keep them inside. They seem to be quite drought tolerant.
This is a much hardier plant than indicated in
the above Zone rating. It has been grow successfully in Zone <...Read Morebr />
7.Of couse it is not evergreen in Zone 7 but will resprout if
mulched. Anyone growing it in Zone 7 should choose a warm
and sheltered spot.
This cycad seems to do as well as C. revoluta or C. taitungensis in the Augusta, GA area. I have a male and female C. panzhihuaensis pla...Read Morented in full sun. The female bore seed for the first time this summer (2007). I don't know if the seed is viable yet.
This is an attractive cycad that looks in habit a bit like a Sago Palm, but has much bluer leaves and a good deal of frost tolerance (fro...Read Morem very chilly areas of China). Until recently it was rare in cultivation, but now it's starting to show up in specialty nurseries. It is probably endangered in the wild.
This species has been hardy to 14F in containers in the cold frames. Young seedlings with a caudex of 1.5 inches or smaller are especia...Read More
I bought seeds of this plant and have grown them on and now I have about 50 small one gallons. It has taken about 4 years to get to this ...Read More
This is a much hardier plant than indicated in
the above Zone rating. It has been grow successfully in Zone <...Read More
This cycad seems to do as well as C. revoluta or C. taitungensis in the Augusta, GA area. I have a male and female C. panzhihuaensis pla...Read More
This is an attractive cycad that looks in habit a bit like a Sago Palm, but has much bluer leaves and a good deal of frost tolerance (fro...Read More