ENCEPHALARTOS PAUCIDENTATUS MEDIUM TO LARGE RARE SOUTH AFRICAN CYCAD

UPRIGHT GREEN LEAVES – MEDIUM TO LARGE SO AFRICAN CYCAD

This cycad is native to Swaziland, northern South Africa. It is known as one of the most attractive of all the green cycads. It does great in Southern California but is rare and hard to find. New leaves tend to be upright. Most pronounced is the “frost” appearance of leaves as shown below. This is from small hairs on the leaflets. It makes a medium to large mature specimen. Mature size can be over fifteen feet with 6 to 10 foot green leaves. Leaflets are armed. Along the coast it’ll take full sun. Far inland I’d recommend limited sun. Cold tolerance is down to the low 20’s F.

The plants on special are in deep 1 gallon (1.5 gallon) and are four years old with 3 to 4 leaves. Caudex size is approaching one inch. These would be easy to mail order.

Below I’m showing photos of a few garden and nursery plants of this species.