Sago Palm Care
Growing Sago Palms
Cycas revoluta, taitungensis & circinalis
Sago palm care explains the needs of these ancient and beautiful cycads. Includes growing and transplanting Sago palms, the treatment of disease, yellowing and other problems. Cycas revoluta sex is also covered.
Sago palms are popular (and expensive) landscape plants here in Florida. The sago's rough brown trunk and tuft of dark green fronds have deceived many people into thinking it is a palm tree. It really isn't. It's a Cycad...
Male Cycas taitungensis with ready-to-fertilize cone.Growing Sago palms from seed requires patience but Cycad sex is an interesting process to watch. The highlighted headline just above leads to the titillating story of the sexual reproduction of sago palm trees. You can also grow these plants from the offsets that spring up at the base of mature specimens.
Transplanting Sago palms is less risky than moving true palms (sagos are cycads) as they are less sensitive to root disturbance. Like a true palm, they do tend to go into transplant shock after a move. With a little extra attention they soon bounce back.
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The most common question people have with regard to Sago palm care is, "What is that white powder on my sago palms ?"That white powder coating the fronds of your Sago palm tree is a bad case of Asian or Sago palm scale. This is a very difficult insect pest to get rid of once it has got a foot hold on a palm tree. Sago palm disease will tell you how to treat a tree suffering from an Asian scale infestation. Yellowing and other problems are also addressed.
Queen sago, C. circinalis, holding court in a Daytona Beach yard.Japanese Sago palm tree photos. Pictures of mature Sago palms in landscape settings to give you ideas for growing Cycas revoluta around your home and yard. Cycad palm frond pictures.
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