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I can appreciate the dry garden look, though I've never felt an impulse to buy a cycad. For my own garden I prefer a more lush, tropical look. So if I ever were to plant a cycad it might be something like Cycas debaoensis -- pretty green leaves and not very prickly.

thats just like my garden--plant 1st & think about how big things will get/how close they are later!

That's a great palm. Definitely worth propagating IMO. Anyone know how it's similar or different from Chamaerops humilis 'vulcano'? I know of a specimen that has something similar going on, but apparently only on the suckers, maybe because the leaves are not fully mature?

Hark! It is the Prince of Snark. Ask not how we might snark to you, but ask instead how we might snark for your country. Oh, it's lark to snark . . .

Do it. And put 7 or 8 of them on your hillside, then you'll really have a great look!

Cycads are way easier to grow than palms, usually look better, and they grow just as fast as palms, or maybe faster. When cycads get bigger they keep getting better looking and more valuable. As palms get bigger they reach the perfect size then decline. Some beautiful palms when young turn into dogs when older. Cycads need less care, animals leave them alone, take less water, etc....... The above are all facts, no debate. I love palms as well, so i say grow both. But Cycads are the superior plant.

You have been mislead greatly if you believe all this.

In their defense, most cars depreciate in value over time, more miles, ware and tear on the vehicle, paint chips, door dings ect. A cycad only grows and gets larger and larger and looks better and better, if you could buy a cycad for 100 dollars and in a few years down the road sell that plant for let's low ball it at double the price. I'd say that's pretty good profit margine. Yes it costs money to water them add mulch but cycads can tolerate a lot more neglect than a palm, or a Mercedes......

It was opened in 1882, but was hit by a bomb in WWII, and wasn't re-opened until 1953. The plants that weren't transferred to the desert garden all died, so the garden is effectively 61 years old.

One thing plants can do is move the amount of water(inside) around,which changes the amount of carbs(sugars)to water ratio,this would effectively change the freezing point. I have always noticed that my Trachys are more resistant to cold after they have seen some, the worst damage is always from a sudden change from warm to cold-there has to be some hardening off of tissue that goes on because growth is slower in the cold.

Her are some pic. p coronata blunt leaf from what I seen with this palm it can handle full sun also some pic. p .blue seed from what I was told. p. coronata blunt leaf p. c blunt leaf p. blue seed p. blue seed p. blue seed

The Gaylord?? It looks like a cross between a Rolls Royce and the Batmobile.