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Cycas revoluta |
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| Common name |
sago palm |
| Family |
cycadaceae |
| Life cycle |
evergreen shrub/tree (Z9-10) |
| Flowers |
none |
| Size |
3-10' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
well drained soil |
Tropical cycad native to southern Japan. Probably not hardy even in our subtropical climate and better grown as a houseplant, but I planted it in our new back yard anyway, to see how it does. Mulch well and hope for the best. Meanwhile, its foliage (which is very prickly and gives me a rash, by the way) is very attractive, a nice deep green almost without blemish. If it does survive, we will see it grow very slowly, producing new leaves once a year.
Update: our palm did fine through its first winter, which saw a moderate freeze. In the winter of 2018, January brought a much harder freeze, and our sago wasn't at all happy, as shown in the photo here. Still, I think it will survive.
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| | In the aftermath of the Jan'18 freeze... |
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| | ...new growth pushing up in mid-March... |
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| | ...a week later. Invasion of the body snatchers! |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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March 24, 2018
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