Cycas

Sago Palm

Cycas, common name 'Sago Palm', is one of the most primitive living plants and is a popular ornamental. It forms a trunk, topped with feathery leaves. Often called "living fossils", Cycads have changed very little in the last 200 million years. Many are grown as indoor plants, but benefit from spending time outdoors in warmer, frost-free months

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Occasional watering
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
Moist and free draining

plant information

Common name

Sago Palm

Latin name

Cycas

type

Fern

family

Cycadaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

Soil

Moist and free draining
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sago Palm is 1.50meters x 1.50meters

1.50 M 1.50 M

Cycas

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Cycads will grow in most types of soil, as long as t is free-draining. For growing in containers, any general purpose mixed with John Innes No. 3 and some slow-release fertiliser would be ideal. In mild regions it is possible to grow some cycads outdoors. Temperatures below -5C will damage the leaves, so wrap the plant well, or bring it indoors if that is a risk.

Propagating

From Late Spring TO Early Autumn

Cycads produce off-sets that can be cut from the parent plant, using a sterile knife.Cut where it meets the parent plant, and use a fungicide powder on the parent plant where the cut was made. Soak the "pup" for 30 minutes in a fungicide, then in a rooting stimulant for a similar length of time. then plant in clean pumice or scoria. It can take 6-10 months for the new plant to become established

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