Cycas taitoluta Chrysogonum bold texture to the garden

bold texture to the garden

but surprisingly vigorous mutant since 2005

the clumps are topped with 1' long purple spikes of hummingbird and monarch butterfly attracting light lavender flowers

The first stalks of Epimedium franchetii 'Lemon Drop' to emerge in spring are clothed with light bronze-emerging 5" long leaves and topped with terminal clusters of large

and you've got the picture

Cycas taitoluta Chrysogonum bold texture to the gardenWe are pleased to offer Cycas x taitoluta, thanks to seed from Georgia palm guru Joe LeVert, who has 5 parent hybrid Cycas revoluta x taitungensis plants that have been in the garden since 2001 (1 female and 4 males yikes!). The hybrid plants, which are now 8' tall x 8' wide, push out new foliage weeks before plain Cycas revoluta and a couple of weeks after straight Cycas taitungensis.