Despite the catastrophic effects of continental drift, volcanoes, meteor strikes and ice ages over the last 200 million years, the cycads abide. These very ancient plants are found in our gardens as ...

In Redlands, you can find handsome evergreen plants with whorls of stiff fernlike leaflets accenting many homes and gardens. Commonly called sago palms, these attractive plants are neither ferns nor ...

Although it’s not a palm tree at all, the sago palm (Cycas revoluta) is a beautiful primitive plant that grows well here in La Jolla, requiring little water to thrive. A member of one of the oldest ...

A very popular plant in Florida is the sago palm. Like most displaced Northerners, I thought the sago palm was just another palm - only a shorter version. To my surprise, I discovered that the sago ...

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The Sago palm, Cycas revoluta, of course, is not a palm at all, but a gymnosperm, and thus more closely related to pine trees than palms. The botanist in me wants to remind you that gymnosperms are an ...

SAGO WARNING: The seeds produced in the dome-shaped cone of female sago palms (Cycas revoluta) are ripening now and are highly toxic to dogs. However, something about the taste of the fleshy red outer ...

Japan (Amami Island, northern Ryukyu Islands): the large orange nuts or seeds are used as a famine or emergency food. The nuts grow in a cluster atop the stems of the plant. These may be mixed with ...

Sago palms are no strangers to Houstonians. In fact, they tend to be overplanted in the area, so it’s hard to ignore their physical presence; they display an elegant robustness. They can be found ...

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