- Common name:
- Fern Zamia
- Category:
- Family:
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers once in many years
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading
- Special Character:
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- Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
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Plant Description:
- - Native - Mexico.
- Small spindle-shaped trunk, bearing several fern-like pinnate fronds 30 to 45 cm long, with thin leathery lanceolate leaflets shiny grass - green, serrate along margins, male cone 4 to 8 cm long, female shorter. -
Growing tips:
- - Plants like a well draining potting mixture.
- They can be grown in small pots as well as very large containers.
- Can take low light conditions well. They may not grow much under such conditions - but they will not deteriorate either.
- Can be planted as a no trim hedge in the ground or in beds.
- Can tolerate sunlight in high humidity coastal areas.
- Will get scorched on hot dry sun.
- Responds well to fertilizer application.
