They have a lot in common. They hang out together and even look a lot like each other. No, not the gang at the neighborhood bar. We’re talking plants – palms and cycads. They both bear fronds with ...

The sago palm you may have in your yard is a tough, reliable landscape feature, but there's more to this plant than meets the eye. First, it isn't a palm at all. It's a cycad. True palms are flowering ...

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 ...

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The sago palm looked like it was pregnant. It was growing a large velvety golden globe as large as a basketball right in the “belly” of the plant. Each of the homes where I have lived came with ...

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 ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Asian cycad scale (Aulacapis yasumatsui) is attacking the sago palms (Cycas revolute) of Central Florida in great numbers. It may resemble snowflakes settling on the ...

Same, but different Cycads may look like they belong in a Jurassic swamp, but a new study has revealed they evolved long after dinosaurs disappeared. It was thought that cycads — a group of ...

Despite being known for their wisdom, the ancient Greeks were fooled by cycads: They thought these seed plants were actually palm trees. This misunderstanding began with Theophrastus, who followed ...

When a plant changes little except in size over 300 million years, it has already reached its climax of evolution. Surviving ice ages and meteors and volcanic eruptions proves it is naturally able to ...

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 ...

Garden Writer Bill Finch tells why you should care that your ancient plant is producing crimson seeds and answers other burning questions I have four huge sago palms that I have had for years. Just ...