Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad)
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) with distinctive blue, serrated foliage and sharp spiky segments.
Botanical name: Encephalartos horridus
Common name: Eastern Cape Blue Cycad
Family: Zamiaceae
Origin: South Africa
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Zone: 9-10
Plant form: Large bush
Mature height: 5-10 ft
Sun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor; semi-shade
Cold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate
Suitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing
Thorns: Thorny or spinyThis is a very hardy, adaptable, relatively slow-growing cycad and suited to temperate and subtropical regions. This is one of the famous "blue" Encephalartos.
Similar plants: Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad)
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) displaying rigid blue leaves with numerous sharp pointed edges
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) with sharp blue foliage radiating from a central stem.
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) displays rigid blue foliage with distinctive sharp, pointed edges.
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) showing stiff, blue foliage with pointed edges and spines.
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) showing stiff, sharp leaves in a deep blue-green color
Encephalartos horridus (Eastern Cape Blue Cycad) with stiff, sharp, blue-green foliage growing outward.
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