• The giant dioon (Dioon spinulosum) is a plant classified as a cycad -- a cone-bearing plant with fern or palmlike fronds radiating from a central woody trunk. These cycads date as far back as the ...

Cycads are remnants from the past. More than 180 million years ago when dinosaurs and giant reptiles dominated the earth, their palmlike foliage was a prevalent form of plant life. The once widely ...

If you’re thinking about planting something new, cycads are a great way to add flavor to your yard. Now’s the time to plant, because this time of year brings more humid days and more rain. You’ve ...

Cycads, palm tree look-alikes, are remnants from the past. Along with dinosaurs and other giant reptiles, these living fossils dominated the earth more than 180 million years ago. Surviving eons of ...

Cycads, often described as living fossils, were among the dominant plant species on Earth more than 200 million years ago. Cone-bearing, nonflowering plants related to pines and the remarkable gingko ...

People are always asking me what plants are my favorites. I typically share my favorite cactuses, agaves and other desert beauties. This time I am sharing one of my favorite collections, the cycads. I ...

John Allen has an addiction, and he readily admits it. He can’t live without cycads. He has planted dozens of varieties of them across his 1-acre hillside property in rural Vista. Allen bought the ...

E. horridus (center) in a greenhouse under natural sunlight, with its leaves appearing more bluish than those of the neighboring cycad, Dioon edule (left). The endangered South African cycad ...

One of the most unusual plants at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is the endangered giant dioon (Dioon spinulosum). If you visit soon, you might be able to see it in bloom. In its ...