Encephalartos horridus

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Also known as the Eastern Cape Blue Cycad, this is the leading plant from the famous group of blue cycads from South Africa. It prefers full sun, in a very well drained soil. In habitat, it grows in open rocky areas, in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A small-to-medium-sized cycad, it grows to 3 feet in trunk height, often forming a dense clump with multiple stems. Its hard, sharply pointed, blue-gray erect leaves are stunning in a garden setting.

This plant is very attractive among succulent plants, on its own as an accent plant or with low green shrubs to provide contrast. It is frost tolerant.