People are always asking me what plants are my favorites. I typically share my favorite cactuses, agaves and other desert beauties. This time I am sharing one of my favorite collections, the cycads. I ...

A new flush of Encephalartos barterii at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Older leaves should not be removed because new leaves are sensitive and can be easily injured while older leaves store ...

Cycads are one-of-a-kind. If you are interested in garden design, then these striking-in-appearance plants should play a part in your overall plan. Any cycad can function as a focal point in any style ...

If you’re thinking about planting something new, cycads are a great way to add flavor to your yard. Now’s the time to plant, because this time of year brings more humid days and more rain. You’ve ...

A mysterious chemical signal enters the ether and the cycad weevil, tranes internatus, and the cycad blue butterfly, theclinesthes onycha, know that the time is right for them to lay their eggs, and ...

THE mounds of rubble on one of the vast lawns of the KZN National Botanical Gardens is the foundation for a “new and exciting” cycad garden­. The garden’s spokesperson, ­Siphuxolo Ngqasa, said the ...

Earlier this year, Lotusland research associate Jeff Chemnick traveled with his wife, UCSB marine science and policy advisor Satie Airame, to China in search of rare cycads, an ancient plant that ...

Although dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, there are still thought to be a few species left over from those days. Plants called cycads are among these rare "living fossils" — they have remained ...