Zones 21-25, 27, H1, H2
Full, Partial, Shade
Moderate
Zamia
Cycads
Zamiaceae (Cycadaceae)
Palms and cycads
Slow-growing plants. Short trunks (may be completely or partially beneath soil level) are usually marked with scars from old leaf bases. Circular crowns of leaves resembling stiff fern fronds or small palm fronds.Need organically enriched, fast-draining soil.
Zamia pumila
To 4 ft. high, 6 ft.wide. Short trunk is largely below soil level. Fronds to 3 ft. long,with as many as 30 pairs of dark green leaflets to 5 in. long, 1 1/4 in.wide.
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