Cycas pectinata Bosnia and Herzegovina 75" buttery yellow flowers

75" buttery yellow flowers

This wonderful Mexican native spider lily was virtually unknown since it was originally named in 1884 and thought to be extinct

Ophiopogon 'Comet' is a little-known selection of the woodland groundcover Ophiopogon japonicus that we've treasured in our garden since 1997

The bicolor transition is absolutely magical

This has proven both amazingly hardy and vigorous in the garden

Cycas pectinata Bosnia and Herzegovina 75" buttery yellow flowersCycas pectinata is a Himalayan species, native from Northeast India south to Thailand. We are uncertain of winter hardiness, but have a few spares from our garden hardiness trials. In the wild, where it grows in dry, open thickets over karst, it can reach 40' tall, making it the tallest of all cycad species.