Cycas pectinata Aroids with glaucous green foliage

with glaucous green foliage

from a 1995 cross involving Hosta 'Elvis Lives' and Hosta yingeri 'Treasure Island'

bean pole-like flower scapes to 10' tall

From the collection of Epimedium guru Darrell Probst comes one of the rarest and most garden worthy of the Chinese species

No amount of irrigation will trigger the big flush of bloom

Cycas pectinata Aroids with glaucous green foliageCycas pectinata is a Himalayan species, native from Northeast India south to Thailand. We are uncertain of winter hardiness, but have a few spares from our garden hardiness trials. In the wild, where it grows in dry, open thickets over karst, it can reach 40' tall, making it the tallest of all cycad species.