Sunday, March 7, 2010

Cycas revoluta palm the Sago palm Know this Garden Ornamental Plant

If you want to have a stunning Cycas revoluta palm. be sure to care for your plants right. Cycas revoluta palm. normally known as the Cycus palm tree. is one of the oldest type of plants that exist. These strange looking decorative plants are tremendously hardy in their favorite environment. which is warm moist climates. In the United States. a location like Houston. Texas would be a perfect location.
Cycas Revoluta Bonsai Plant
Cycus Bonsai Plant

The Cycas revoluta palm is really a conifer. with a coarse trunk and beautifully light leaves. roughly feathery in quality. They are extremely simple plants to grow. and they are well suitable as either indoor or outdoor plants. Even the most inexperienced gardener can manage to care for Cycas plant. They are very long-lived. and can tolerate a big variety in their environment. including changeable temperatures. amount of sunshine and the superiority (and frequency) of care.

There are a few safety measures to take to make sure your Cycas palm thrives. The new leaves. which add considerably to the beauty of the plant. are very fragile and should not be distressed. The plant should not be allowed to dry out completely. especially when new leaves are being formed. As tolerant a plant as the revoluta palm is. immense extremes of temperature. either too hot or too cold. will not be tolerated.

The Sago Palm grows very gradually. about 1 inch per year. If you want to reproduce Sago Palm. to fill in your garden more. or to give away to relatives. you have to know this procedure. sago palm are dioecious; plants are either male or female. In order to pollinate them. you have to use the technique of hand pollination. The pollination season is May. but the female seed is previously ready to be harvested in January or February. so you can place the seed in water in the beginning of the year and. once the red coating is soft. it can be detached. Leave the hard white coat. You can try to plant it instantly. or hold onto it until spring. The seed is plant slanting. and only the very top edge should be in humid soil. Do not allow the soil to become too soggy. The seed will not thrive if it does.

cycas revoluta bonsai plant
Normally a Cycas palm seed takes three months to start to sprout. but don't forget that the Cycas revoluta tree palm is a slow grower. so it will be a year before it is even an inch big. In place of hand pollination. another method is to remove an offshoot from a strong Cycas tree. This can be done by popping it out of the ground with a spade. Dry the shoot out for about a week. then plant it and water it very well. Cycas Plant have a produce the leaves once in a year but you know that the number of leaves production based on sunlight given to the plant if you put the plant in shady area it gives longer but less leaves and if you put the plant in full or partial sunlight it can gives more leaves but short leaves.so you can remember that which types of leaves you want from you ornamental landscape garden plants.