Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) | August 2004 | neutral
The subterranean trunk can reach 6 ft. with up to 100 bright green leaves making a graceful rounded crown also up to 6 ft. It will grow i...Read Moren sun or in shady positions and will tolerate a little frost. It produces large male or female cones, which have red seeds. This is an excellent container plant, prized for its ornamental quality.
This is one of the more commonly available Macrozamias in Southern California, but is not a popular plant among cycad collectors mostly b...Read Moreecause of the name 'communis' meaning common. Only it is still an attractive plant having wide, sharp, evenly spaced, stiff dark green, almost blue-green leaflets. I have found this to be one of the slower cycads, which might be another reason it's not all that popular.
This cycad from Australia, is the most southerly of all extant cycads in the wild, growing as far south as Bega in New South Wales. It is...Read More the closest cycad to us here in Victoria and I puchased a plant and have it well established in my garden. It is apparently one of the most popular cycads in cultivation in Australia, being hardy enough to withstand quite heavy frosts.
Macrozamia communis is native to New South Wales, Australia.
It generally grows in coastal areas, in sandy soil under open...Read More
The subterranean trunk can reach 6 ft. with up to 100 bright green leaves making a graceful rounded crown also up to 6 ft. It will grow i...Read More
This is one of the more commonly available Macrozamias in Southern California, but is not a popular plant among cycad collectors mostly b...Read More
This cycad from Australia, is the most southerly of all extant cycads in the wild, growing as far south as Bega in New South Wales. It is...Read More