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Hardiness: USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Light Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested Plant has spines or sharp edges; use extreme caution when handling
Bloom Color: Inconspicuous/none
Bloom Time: N/A
Foliage: Grown for foliage Evergreen Blue-Green Shiny/Glossy-Textured
Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater This plant may be considered a protected species; check before digging or gathering seeds This plant is fire-retardant This plant is resistant to deer
On Aug 28, 2004, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
The subterranean trunk can reach 6 ft. with up to 100 bright green leaves making a graceful rounded crown also up to 6 ft. It will grow in sun or in shady positions and will tolerate a little frost. It produces large male or female cones, which have red seeds. This is an excellent container plant, prized for its ornamental quality.
On Oct 3, 2003, palmbob from Tarzana, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
This is one of the more commonly available Macrozamias in Southern California, but is not a popular plant among cycad collectors mostly because of the name 'communis' meaning common. Only it is still an attractive plant having wide, sharp, evenly spaced, stiff dark green, almost blue-green leaflets. I have found this to be one of the slower cycads, which might be another reason it's not all that popular.
On Aug 26, 2003, kennedyh from Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) wrote:
This cycad from Australia, is the most southerly of all extant cycads in the wild, growing as far south as Bega in New South Wales. It is the closest cycad to us here in Victoria and I puchased a plant and have it well established in my garden. It is apparently one of the most popular cycads in cultivation in Australia, being hardy enough to withstand quite heavy frosts.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Reseda, California San Marino, California Thousand Oaks, California Cayce, South Carolina
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